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UNOFFICIAL QROCLEDINGS 




IN CONNECTION WITH THE 




pJei-D IN BOSTON 

\A/ eeK MUGUST 11-16 



1B90 




Charles Devens, 

PAST COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF G. A. R. 



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GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 



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fSSUED UNDER THE DIRECTIOX OF THE 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



Compiled by B. N. Adams, : 



ASSISTANT SECRETARY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



BOSTON : 

E. B. STII, LINGS & Co., PKINTEKS, 55 SUDBURY STREET. 

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CKNO WLEDGMENTS. 



"f^^ ro)np/7/i/^' i///s rolume I am indebted for valuable 
^<iT) data to tJie Boston Daily. Herald., the Boston Daily 
Globe., the Boston Daily Journal., and the Boston Eveiiing 
Transcript., and for kindly suggestions and assistance to 
I Jon. Charles Carleton Cofin and Comrades Williavi M. 
Oliiiy James F. Meech. J. Payson Bradley., JFrank E. 
Orcntt, B. Bead Wales, E. B. Stillings, George S. 
Evans and Charles W. Reed. To all these thanks are 
due and are cordially extended. 

B. M ADAMS. 



S)edicatorij 

TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES DEVENS. 



liCTO XA^IE can be more littingly held iu reineinbnuiee by 
I ^ those who participated iu the National Encampment of 
J the Grand Army of the Republic, held in Boston, Auoust, 

l.SDO, than that of Charles Deveus, citizen, soldier, jurist, patriot, 
who closed his earthly life Jan. 7th, 18U1. 

His grandfather, Richard Deveus, was conspicuous for his 
patriotism at the outbreak of the Revolution. He was selected 1)y 
his fellow-citizens as one of tlie connnittee of safety, to provide 
arms and auniuuiition for the patriots of 1775. On the evenino- 
preceding the battle of lUniker Hill, after the departure of the 
troops under Prescott from C'amlu-idge, with true military fore- 
sight he went to General Ward, in command of the Americans, 
and urged that Stark's and Reed's regiments of New Hampshire 
troops at ]Medford l)e ordered to the support of Prescott. Gen. 
Ward was reluctant to issue the order, but through the persistent 
efforts of Deveus and others it was finally given on the mornino- 
of the seventeenth of June, but it did not reach Stark till 
nearly noon. The worhl is greatly indebted to Richard Deveus 
for this forecasting of the needs of the hour ; for had not those 
regiments been at the rail fence on jjunker Hill, it is altogether 
probable that Prescott's force would have been overwhelmed at 
the beginning of the battle. 

Charles Deveus, the grandson, was born in Charlestown, 
April 4th, 18-20. He was so studious during his early school 
days that at the age of 14 he was admitted to Harvard College, 
graduating in J.s;),s, supplementing his collegiate studies with 
a course iu the law school. At the age of 21 he was a mem- 
ber of the Franklin County l)ar, establishing his otlice at Greenfield, 

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and subsequently at Deerfield. lie was elected to the INIassacliu- 
setts Senate in 1848-4 'J, and subsequently received the appoint- 
ment of United States Marshal for the district of Massachusetts. It 
was a period of great political agitation. Texas had been annexed 
to extend the area of slavery, followed by the war with ^Mexico 
and the wresting from a sister republic California and a vast area 
of the central portion of the continent. Then came the discovery 
of gold on the Sacramento and the rush of emigration to the 
Pacific coast — the foundation of a state which was seeking tubnis- 
sion to the I'nion. A few months after the appointnuut of 
General Devens came the compromise of I-sTjU, brought about liy 
Henry Clay and Daniel AVebster, inclucUng the passage of the law 
for the return of slaves fleeing from tiieir masters to free states — 
a law cruel in its provisions and repugnant to the moral sense of 
the great majority of the peoi)le of the Northern states. It was 
passed as a measure calculated to save the Union from tbsso- 
lution. It was repulsive to Gen. Devens, but being Marshal of 
the United States it became his duty as an official to aid in ifturn- 
ing fugitive slaves. He was severely censured for his oMicial 
actions, by those who believed in the innnediate and uncondi- 
tional abolition of slavery, for enforcing the law — the ivtuiii of 
Thomas Sims to his master. In the light of his sul)sequent conduct 
it will be seen that he acted conscientiously as an officer of tlu' 
government in doing a disagreeable duty. So odious was the law 
to all his instincts that he resigned and instituted proceedings for 
the purchase of Sims from his master that he might give him his 
freedom, offering to pay any reasonalde amount. This offi-r was 
refused by the owner of Sims, who seemingly held the slave to 
exhibit to the Northern people the superiority of the slave-holding 
aristocracy in the affairs of the nation. A woman of i)liilan- 
thropic instinct, Lydia Maria Child, started a subscription for the 
purchase of the slave, the master tiually consenting to accei)t 
SI, 800; whereupon Charles Devens wrote to her saying : — 

'' I have heard that you are trying to raise enough money to 
reclaim Thomas Sims from slavery. If you have received any 
contributions, please return them to the doiiors, as I wish to con- 
tribute the entire sum myself." 



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The negotiation was cnt short b}" the ontbreak of the war, and 
Thomas Sims finally became free by the edict of Abraham Lincoln. 
A\'hen the flag of the Union was once more waving as the emblem 
of anthorit}^ everywhere thronghout the republic, and the great 
armies which had redeemed the land from slavery had melted 
away. Charles Devens, bearing wounds received in battle, gave 
Si 00 to Sims that he might start in life as a free citizen. On 
what historic page shall we find a more chivalrous act? 

He was following his profession in the city of Worcester, 
when the flag was humiliated at Sumter on the evening of April 
loth. l.SGl. Two days later he was major of a battalion of 
soldiers consisting of three companies. On the following Sunday 
he Avas marching down Broadway, New York, to take a steamer 
for Baltimore. In July he received the appointment as colonel of 
the Massachusetts Fifteenth Regiment, raised in Worcester County, 
and \v;is ordered to Poolsville, Md. The movement across the 
Potomac to Ball's Bluff, Oct. 21st, was made against his judg- 
ment. When Colonel Baker fell, Colonel Cogswell succeeded to 
the connnand and ordered a retreat, a movement that was against 
Col. Deven's judgment. "I do not wish to retreat. Do you 
issue it as an order?" he asked. "I do." "I would like to 
have yon repeat it in the presence of others." Colonel Cogswell 
repeated the order, and the retreat was made with great steadiness 
to tlie bank of the river. " P2very man must care for himself," 
said Colonel Devens. He threw his sword into the Potomac, 
divested himself of his coat, plunged into the stream and swam 
to the ^laryland shore. More than one-half of the regiment was 
lost in the disastrous affair. 

It may be questioned whether any regimental conunander 
from Massachusetts or any other state Avas more l)eloved by his 
men than he. His consideration for their welfare, his Avise dis- 
cretion, coolness, braA'ery and pOAver to inspire men to noble deeds, 
won their confidence and admiration, and also the confidence of 
the government to such :i degree that he Avas appointed Brig.'idier- 
General March olst, l.S(;2, and assigned to Gen. IMcClcliau's 
army. In the movement up the Peninsula he took part in tlie 
battle of Williamsljurg, also Seven Pines, and all the engau'ements 



b L'NOIFICIAL I'KOCEEDIXGS TAVKNTV-l-OLKTII 

participated in by the corps under the command of Gen. Keys. In 
the battle of Fair Oaks his horse was shot under him and he himself 
was wounded in the leg, the bullet splintering the bone and lodging 
in one of the muscles, where it remained through life. Althougli 
suffering severely he refused to leave his command and reniained 
to take part in the movement from Alexandria to Chantilly. In 
the reorganization of the army he was assigned to the corps com- 
manded by General Couch, arriving at Antietam at the close of 
the first day's engagement. While reconnoitering the enemy a few 
days later his horse was shot beneath him by a Confederate 
picket. 

In political affairs General Devens had been conservative. 
and was nominated by the Democratic party as a candidate for 
Governor. He took little interest in the campaign, as the re- 
election of Gov. Andrew was a foregone conclusion. The contest, 
if it could be called a contest, was friendly, and there was no 
interruption of kindly personal relations. 

In the spring of 18G3 he was assigned to the command of a 
division in the P21eventh corps, and held with great persistence 
the right of the line in the battle of Chancellorsville. In this 
engagement, out of four thousand men composing the division, 
more than sixteen hundred were killed or wounded. He himself 
received a severe wound in one of his feet, but would not leave 
the field until the final retreat of the entire corps. He was 
carried to one of the hospitals in Washington. The severity of 
the wound was such it was feared that amputation must fol- 
low. He received a visit from President Lincoln, Avho expressed 
his gratitude for his conduct in holding the Confederates at bay 
at a critical moment in the battle of Chancellorsville. A draft 
having been ordered, and his wound not pennitting him to return 
to his division, he was sent to ]Massachusetts to carry out the 
orders of the President. His patriotic fervor had great influence 
in inducing young men to volunteer, instead of waiting for the 
draft. In an address to his fellow-citizens of AVorcester. he 
said : — 

"I trust, young men, you will do your dutj' and not have it 
hereafter to say, ' I was young and strong, but left the army to 
fight without my help.' Tender the reproach of the French king 



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to a tardy officer, — 'Ah, C'reillou ! what a brave day we had 
yesterday, and 3^011 were not there ! ' Look to it that even a 
reproach like that be not laid to your charge." 

At the opening of the campaign of 1864 he was assigned to 
the Eighteenth corps by the request of General W. F. Smith, 
commanding the same, and was in the engagements fought by the 
Army of the James, around Richmond, taking conspicuous part 
in the battle of Cold Harbor. The hardships of the campaign — 
his exposure while sleeping on the ground — resulted in a rheu- 
matic fever and confinement in the hospital. Upon recovering 
health, he returned to the army, and entered Richmond with his 
division upon the morning of its evacuation by the Confederates. 
He received warm recommendation from General Grant for a 
commission as Major-General, which was conferred by President 
Lincoln. 

Upon the disbanding of the army, General Devens was 
appointed commander of the military division of North Virginia, 
with headquarters at Fredericksburg, and subsequently wtis trans- 
ferred to Charleston, vSouth Carolina, where martial law was in 
force, and where his firm, fair, impartial, kind administration won 
the respect of those who had been most bitterly hostile, as well 
as those who were less implacable. 

Desiring to return to civil life, he was mustered out of service 
in 18 6G, and resumed the pi'actice of law in Worcester, INLassa- 
chusetts. A few months later he was appointed a judge of the 
Superior Court, and in 1873 was elevated to the Supreme Court of 
Massachusetts. Upon the election of President Hayes, he accepted 
the office of Attorney-General of the United States. Intricate 
questions of law and equity, growing out of the war, and the 
elevation of the former slaves to citizenship, came up for adjudi- 
cation, requiring the highest order of Jegal acumen. Tiie duties 
of his office were discharged with signal ability. 

L'pon his retirement from that position he was once more 
restored to the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, which position 
he occupied when his earthly. labors ended. 

His comrades in arms had recognized his worth by choosing 
him Commander-in-Chief of the Crrand Army of the Republic, 
holding the exalted position two years. He was also honored 



O UNOFl'ICIAL VROCEEDIXGS TWKNTY-1( (IKTII 

by election as President of the Societ}" of the Army of the 
Potomac. He has been one of the prominent luriiilters of the 
Loyal Legion. I'pon the centennial anuiversarj' of the battle 
of Bunker Hill, he was the orator of the occasion, and aave a 
scholarh' addi'ess, glowing with patriotic fervor. 

He rounded the years allotted to man. \\\\:\\ .lolm Milton 
claimed for himself in reviewing his life, Charles Devens might 
have truthfully said of his own conduct of life: "I am not one 
who has disgraced beauty of sentiment by deformity of conduct, 
or the maxims of a freeman by the actions of a slave ; but, by the 
grace of (iod. I iiavc kept my life unsullied." He was ever 
animated l»y a lofty ideal, and true to his convictions of right and 
duty. 

The comrades of the ( Jrand Army of tiic Hcpublic will ever 
honor his memory. The Commonwealth which gave him Mrtli 
will claim him as one of her illustrious sons. The tribute which 
Whittier has given to Charles Sumner is equally appropriate to 
the memory of Charles Devens : — 

" Long shall the good State's annals tell, 
Her children's children long be taught 
How, praised or blamed, he guarded well 
The trust he neither shunned nor sought. 

" The lifted sword above her shield 

With jealous care shall guard liis fame; 
The pine tree on her ancient field 

To all the winds shall speak his name." 

ChAHLKS CaULETON Coi'FIN. 




Russell A. Alger, 

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF G. A. R., 1890. 



NATIONAL KNCAMFMENT OF THE G. A. K. 



THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. 




HUXDERED the guns of the Sonthlaiul, mick-r the Stars and the 
(4)) Bars ; 

Thnndereil the gnns of the Northhmd. under the Stripes and 
the Stars ; 
Deep hunsi" the smoke of the conflict, pall-like, on hill and plain ; 
Death-laden missiles of carnage fell like the fall of the rain. 
There, like a wall adamantine, shoulder to shoulder the}' stand ; 
Under the banner of freedom — under the flag of our land. 
There, 'mid the smoke of the liattle ; there, where the cannon-shot fell ; 
There, 'mid the 'singing' of bullets; there, 'mid the bursting of shell; 
There, 'mid the conflict's wild horrors ; there, in the Avar-demon's breath ; 
There, in the hell of the slaughter; there, in the face of grim death — 
Friendships that time cannot sever, mystic and blood-stained the tie ; 
Friendsliips ^cere formed and cemented — friendships that never can die." 

Xot only does this brotlierhood include the veteran who 
served his country as a private soldier, but the highest in the land 
of those who went to the Avar. The question of former rank, 
or present civil or social position of its members, creates no 
dividing; lines between them, and is never considered in the 
selection of its officers. All meet in its councils on a common 
level. Shoulder to shoulder, on equal terms, march the private 
and his former commanding general. The President of the 
United States is an untitled comrade in its ranks. Men prom- 
inent in the councils of the Nation and in the Nation's history, 
eminent jurists, scholars in every department of learning, church- 
men and ministers of Christ, gior}^ in the fact that they are 
qualified to wear its badge of distinction and l^onor. Membership 
is the privilege onl}' of those whose services were given to 
their country in her hour of peril and need, and whose hearts 



10 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY- FOUKTH 

Avere bound together while sulTeriug in her defence. Into this 
mystic brotherhood no man can enter who does not possess 
the title of "Soldier of the Unio^." To be a member is a price- 
less prerogative ; entrance can only be obtained through the 
possession of this blood-stained title. Is not this privilege too 
lightly esteemed by many whose right it is to own and enjoy it? 
Upon such may be urged a closer relationship to the order and 
the giving of more earnest efforts for the furtherance of its noble 
objects ; and, in view of the brief period remaining to its exist- 
ence, the practice, more than ever, of a comradeship warm in 
fraternities, sweet in charities and \o\n\ in friendships. 

The gathering in Boston of this vast veteran army renders 
appropriate here a mention of its most important historical facts 
and its purposes. But few men, comparatively, not members of 
the fraternity, are familiar with the circumstances, aside from tlu' 
one great factor, the war itself, which gave it birth and produced 
its phenomenal early growth, brought about its subsequent years 
of depression and decline to almost utter extinction, and its later 
revival and rapid uninterrupted progress on to its present promi- 
nent position. 

With the view of stimulating a renewed interest in its annals 
amongst comrades and all others, and creating a new zest for its 
work, the following statement is given : — 

The founders of the Grand Army of the Republic were IMajor 
B. F. Stephenson and Chaplain W. J. Rutledge, officers of the 
14th Illinois Infantry. As early as February, 18G4, while they 
were tent mates and companions in Sherman's Expedition to 
Meridian, Mississippi, they conceived the idea of this grand asso- 
ciation. While upon the march the subject of such an organization 
was the absorbing theme of their conversation, and the}' pledged 
each other that at the close of the war, if spared, they would 
formulate a brotherhood of comrades whose object would be the 
preservation of the friendships and associations of the war, formed 
in the ranks of the soldiers, and made strong and enduring by 
the mutual privations and dangers they had undergone in the 
great conflict. After they were mustered out of service the}' 
corresponded upon this matter until March, 18G(!, when a con- 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. i;. 11 

ference was held in Springfield, Illinois, which resulted in the 
formation of this noble order. The following persons were present 
on this occasion : — 

Col. John M. Snyder, Dr. James Hamilton, IMajor Robert 
'SI. Woods, Major Robert Allen, Chaplain William J. Rutledge, 
Col. ^Martin Flood, Col. Daniel Grass, Col. Edward Prince, Capt. 
John S. Phelps, Capt. John A. Lightfoot, Capt. B. F. Smith, 
Brevet Major A. A. North, Capt. Henry E. Howe and Lieut. B. 
F. Hawkes. 

The first Grand Army Post was organized in Decatur, 
Illinois, on the 6th day of April, 1866, Major B. F. Stephenson. 
Department Commander, with a charter membership of twelve 
persons, whose names are here appended : — 

Col. I. C. Pugh, Lieut. Jos. M. Prior, I. N. Coltrin, :M. F. 
Kanan, George R. Steele, Dr. li. F. Sibley, J. T. Bishop, J. AV. 
Routh, John H. Nale, George H. Dunning, C. Riebsame and I. 
A. Toland. 

This Post was given the title of "Post of Honor" as Decatur 
Encampment No. 1. From this beginning has grown the present 
magnificent institution. When its founders conceived the idea 
that the banding together of the veterans of the Civil war. for 
their common welfare and interest, would prove popular and 
beneficial to them, the present magnitude of the Grand Army 
and the great results it has accomplished were probably not 
even imagined as possibilities ; though it is stated that as they 
talked together on the march or in the bivouac, this thouglit 
extended into the widest fields of conjecture as to the prol)- 
able good that would be accomplished from such an association. 
.Vutedatiug it various Corps, Division, Brigade and Regimental 
societies were formed, some of them during tlie war, and as early 
as 1862, pureW for the purpose of continuing, after its close, the 
social ties that had been formed within their own commands during 
the march, the siege and the battle. These societies, doubtless, 
furnished an inspiration and were accessory to the founding of the 
(irand Army of the Republic. They have existed to the present 
day, holding annual reunions which are occasions of social pleasure ; 
and they have been productive of great good to their members, 
materially and otherwise, though nearly all are comrades of the 



12 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDrN'GS TWKNTY-FOIIMH 

Grand Army. These societies serve the purposes for which they 
were formed ; Vmt they fall short of the l)road scope and objects 
of the larger organization, though assisting in its work. Many 
other soldier and sailor associations were instituted after the close of 
the war, mainly political in their character, and for the avowed pur- 
pose of protecting and advancing the veterans' interests during 
the reconstruction period, when partisan politics and preferments 
.•'.gitated the country. Such societies were called ''The Hoys in 
Blue," "Soldiers' and Sailors' League," "White Boys in Blue," 
" Consex-\'ative Armj' and Navy Union," "Colored Soldiers' 
League," etc. They were dissolved when there seemed to be 
no further need of their continuance. Were they ever needed ? 
Whatever good they accomplished, — and it is questionable whether 
they did not harm rather than help the veterans' interests, — it had 
l)een better for the Grand Army of the Repiililic had they never 
existed ; for into it were intruded their political biases and disputes, 
which proved baleful and fatal in their influence antl effect, nearly 
causing its disruption. By subsequent additions to its Rules and 
Regulations, the Grand Army abolished from its deliberations all 
questions of a partisan political nature. But the troul)le they had 
occasioned under the former regime could not be readily forgotten 
nor overcome. The people, suspicious of a secret society that had 
attempted the moulding of the national polity, and had divided 
into factions opposing each other, held aloof from and discounte- 
nanced it, and years passed before these suspicions were outgrown. 
Tlie Grand Army of today, as its Constitution declares, is non- 
partisan in politics and unsectarian in religion. 

In ^lay following the organization of Decatur Post, the 
Constitution and By-Laws of the order were devised and printed. 
Additions to the Rules and Regulations were made in l^<(j^i-^)I), 
and the following is their complete text : — 

THE CONSTITUTION AND DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES 
OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. 



Section 1 . The soldiers of the Volunteer Army of the United 
States during the Rebellion in 1861-65, actuated by the impulses 
and convictions of patriotism and of eternal right, and combined 
in the strong bands of friendship and unity by the toils, the dan- 



XATK^XAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. lr> 

gers aud the victories of a long and vigoi'ously Avaged war, feel 
themselves called upon to declare, in definite form of words and 
in determined co-operative action, those principles and rules wliich 
should guide the earnest patriot, the enlightened freeman and the 
Christian citizen in his course of action ; and to agree upon those 
plans and laws which should govern tliem in a united aud sys- 
tematic Avorking method with which, in some measure, shall he 
effected the preservation of the grand results of the war, the fruits 
of their lalior and toil, so as to benefit the deserving and wortliy. 
Sect. 2. The results which are designed to be accomplished 
b}' this organization are as follows : — 

1 . The preservation of those kind aud fraternal feelings 
which have bound togetlier, with the strong cords of love and 
affection, the comrades in arms of many battles, sieges aud 
marches. 

2. To make these ties available in works and results of 
kindness, of favor and material aid to those in need of assistance. 

o. To make pi'ovisiou, where it is not already done, for the 
supi)ort, care and education of soldiers' orphans and for the 
uuiintenance of the Avidows of deceased soldiers. 

4. For the protection aud assistance of disabled soldiers and 
sailors, whether disabled by wounds, sickness, old age or mis- 
fortune. 

."). For the establishment and defense of the late soldiery of 
the United States, morally, socially and politically, with a view 
to inculcate a proper appreciation of their services to the country, 
and to a recognition of such services and claims by the American 
people. To this section was added in l.S(;,S : — 

'•But this Association does not design to make nomimiti'uns 
for office or to use its infiueuce as a secret organization for par- 
tisan purposes." 

<i. The maintenance of true allegiance to the I'uited States 
of .Vmerica, based upon paramount respect foi', and fidelity to. 
the National Constitution and laws, manifested by the discounte- 
nancing of whatever may tend to weaken loyalty, incite to 
insuri'ection. treason or rebellion, or in any mannei' impairs the 
efficiency and permanency of our free institutions, together with a 
defense of universal liberty, equal rights and justice to all men. 



14 UX<.>FFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-KOl KTII 

In 1869 the followin<>' nrtiele Avas added to tlu' IJulcs and 
Regnlations : — 

"No officer or comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic 
shall in any manner use. this organization for partisan purposes, 
and no discussion of partisan questions shall be permitted tit an}' 
of its meetings, nor shall any nouiinatiun for political office be 
made." 

At the Springfield Convention held in .June, lS(j(!, the follow- 
ing resolutions were adopted : — 

''Resolved, That we, the soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic, 
recosruizing the power of the principles of association, do hereby pledge 
ourselves, eacli to the other, to render all material aid and assistance in 
supplying the wants of the widow and the fatherless, and in furnishing 
employment to tlie poor and to those wounded and disabled in the service 
of our country. 

■•Jiesolvcd, That as we have stood by the government at the peril of 
our lives iu war, so will we make it ever our care that no known enemy 
of our country shall wield power in the republic ; but the same arms 
which defended its sanctuary against open violence will protect it 
unflinchingly against all secret machinations, and never lay down our 
weapons until peace based on the principles of universal liberty shall be 
assured. 

■''Bpsolved, That treason consummated in rebellion is a crime of the 
most malignant nature, and every possible guarantee should be demanded 
of all branches of the government against the rasli adiiiission to place 
and power of those who were active participants in rebeUion, and tliereby 
forfeited the rights of American citizens ; and that we, the soldiers of 
the nation, who fought for supremacy of the national authority, have a 
right to demand that the safety of the republic should be held para- 
mount to all other considerations by the Executive and Congress." 

• Such are the declared principles and laws of government 
of the noblest association of soldiers and sailors ever formed 
and which has cemented together in firm friendship near!}- half 
a million veterans of the Civil war — an organization which dis- 
burses annually in charitable works hundreds of thousands of 
dollars, and labors without distinction of party or creed, rank 
or color, and very largely for those who have remained outside 
of it and have contributed nothing for its support. 

Its growth until the year 1868 was magical. In that year 
the membership in the whole country was, it is stated, 240,000. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 15 

Then came the blighting effect of internal dissensions caused by 
inherent defects in the organization and the ambitions of its 
political factions, which sapped its life blood and nearly ended its 
existence. In 1.S71 it reached its lowest level, declining to a 
membership of only on,()24. During that 3'ear Dr. Stephenson 
died, having failed to realize most of the fond hopes he had 
cherished for the Grand Army and the fruitage of years of devoted 
effort in its behalf. 

•^In liis own state," Illinois, as stated in Beath's History, 
'• though the department maintained a nominal existence, there was 
hardly a Post in active operation ; in neighboring states they were 
entirely dead ; and while department organizations were maintained 
in the East, even Posts had disbanded by the score. He had dreamed 
of a grand organization of veterans moving en masse, a potent 
influence in fostering and moulding public sentiment in favor of 
those who had borne the battle ; that should secure recognition 
of their services in places of honor and profit; and. while pre- 
serving and strengthening the bonds of comradeship, should ])e a 
help to all who had followed the flag, and to the widows and 
or])hans of the dead, who needed a helping hand and sympathizing 
friend." 

'•Years were to pass before the Grand Army of the Republic 
should reach the position in any degree fulfilling" the fondly cher- 
ished belief of its foiuider, — years that were to test the faith 
and constancy of the few and show the weakness of the many who 
had failed to comprehend the principles of the order and measure 
those only by personal desires as a means for their own 
advancement." 

At the reinterment, in 1.S.S2, of the remains of Major ►Stephen- 
son, under the ritualistic ceremonies of the Grand Armj' of the 
Republic, the following eulogy Avas delivered by Judge James A. 
]Matheney, of Springfield, Illinois, which will show the nobleness of 
Major Stephenson's chai-acter and his exalted purposes for the' 
amelioration of the welfare of his soldier brethren : — 

'• I am here today with the single purpose of laying a sprig 
of • immortelle' upon the grave of our departed comrade. He was 
the companion of my youth, the friend of my manhood. 



16 UNOFFICIAL rUOCEKDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

Togvtlier we coiniiR'ueed to climb life's upwnid pathway; l>iit 
ere we reached the suinniit, lie, wearying of the bunU'ii. laid 
himself down to rest. 

" As we burieil our cuiiiraile. the urave coveied more than 
his pulseless form — glad hopes that made liriuht the future, uniud 
thouuhts that would have left their imjjress on the minds of men, 
great purposes to be achieved, a lofty ambition to l»e realized : 
these, all these, we buried with him. 

'•'IMie world is full of over-estimated men. The graveyard is 
peopknl with under-estimated men. It is the misfortune of our 
comrade to be uund)ered with the latter. Thousands iulinitcly his 
inferior have written their names in imperishable characters on the 
pages of our country's history. Struggle as he did, and labor as 
he might, no compensating reward ever came. When abundant 
success seemed assured, and he stretched forth his hand to seize 
the coveted fruit, he grasped only 'Dead Sea apples' of ashes and 
bitterness. 

"I do not know that any marble shaft will ever tower ah^ft 
over the spot where sleeps our conu'ade and friend, but I do know 
that he liuilt for himself a monument more glorious than marble 
or granite ; and yi't that unrelenting fate that ever pursued him, 
robbing him of well-nigh all that was justly his due, is still at its 
relentless work. The thousands who annually meet at the lennious 
of the (irand Army of the Republic give no thought to the heart 
that nurtured and to the brain that conceived the grand idea of a 
brotherhood of soldiers. 

"AVhen this thought first came to our comrade his whole soul 
was filled with the grand conception. Without rest or weariness 
his every energy was devoted to the accomplishment of the giand 
design. AVith a patriotic inspiration he saw clearly the great 
good to be attained. lie felt that he vfaa erecting an altar ni)on 
which the fire of love foi' the whole rniou would buiii and burn 
forever. He saw with prophetic vision the Star Sjjaugled Banner 
of a nation, — not a confederation of discordant states, but a 
nation's banner unfurled to the l)reeze, — and with fancy's ear In- 
heard the tiamp of the million soldiers of the (irand Army as 
they gathered Ijeneath it to shield and (.lefend it from every harm. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE (i. A. K. 17 

"My friends, how well he read the future ! His glad antici- 
pations are more than realized. The camp-fires of the (irand 
Army are burning from ocean to ocean. Thousands and tens of 
thousands of his brotherhood of soldiers meet nightly in fraternal 
greetings. The banner that he so loved is floating stainless and 
pure in God's bright sunshine, never again to be soiled and torn 
by traitorous hands. 

"Though not here to witness it, the grand dream of his life 
has assumed the proportions of a bright reality. The note that 
he struck, single-handed and alone, has swelled into a glorious 
anthem. The light that he kindled is illuminating an entire land, 
and at the last is flinging its radiance over the consecrated spot 
where our comrade reposes, all unconscious that his hour of 
triumph has come. 

"The law of compensation pervades all nature. A new 
thought proclaimed, a good deed done, or a heroic act performed, 
will sooner or later meet its proper reward. It may tarr}^ long, it 
may linger in its coming ; but it will come, with unfailing certainty. 

" In obedience to that law, we have come, even at this late 
day, to do honor to our departed comrade. And, friends, let it 
not stop here. Let us by some fitting testimonial proclaim to all 
coming time our appreciation of the grand work accomplished by 
our departed friend and companion. Let us 

■ Seek » 9 fui ' -tlicr his merits to disclose, 

Nor draw his frailties from their dread abode. 
There they alike in trembling hope repose : 
The bosom of his Father and his God.' " 

There were but few additions to the Grand Army from 1X74 to 
1 s 7.S . ITp to the latter year it had gained only 992 members, having 
at that time a roll of 31,016 ; but from that date it took on a new 
existence. The mistakes of the past had been corrected and a reor- 
ganization effected on a right basis. The order sprang again into 
most vigorous life and extended into nearly every state and territory 
in the Union. Its influence for good kept pace witli its growth. 

On the ."Jlst day of March, ISDO, the numerical strength of 
the Grand Army, by Departments, is shown by the appended 
figures to have been ;)i);!,.s;);} members. 



18 



INOiniCIAI, PROCEEDIXOS TWKNTY-FDIKTII 



MEMBERSHIP OF THE GRAND ARMY MARCH 31, 1890. 







MEMISKKS IN 


DEl'AKTMENTS. NUMBER OF rOST.S. GOOD STAXDIXG 


Alabama 


.12 


277 


Arizona 


8 


308 


Arkansas . . ... 


(Ki 


1.74!t 


California 


lU 


(•..17;', 


Colorado and Wvoininn . 


71; 


2,870 


Connecticut 


S4 . 


(;.740 


DclaAvare 


20 . 


i.iiu; 


Florida 


IS 


wr) 


Georgia 


•I 


38(; 


Idaho . 


17 . . . 


44(; 


Illinois . . 


."■'.HI . . 


:!2.31-) 


Indiana . . 


.".1.-. , . 


2.">.(t43 


Iowa ... 


4-.".i . 


20.. -.81 


Kansas . . ... 


isl . 


IS. 44.-. 




14."> 


.■>..".2S 


Louisiana and Mississippi 


17 . . 


1.242 


Maine ... 


l.V". 


!».3.-.l 


Massachusetts 


I'.i'.i 


21,742 


Maryland . 


42 


2,200 


Michigan 


;;;»() ... 


20,731 


Minnesota . 


I7S . 


7,237 


Missouri 


42:; 


l'.l.72.-. 


Montana 


r.' . 


(mI 


Nebraska 


27'.i 


7, (!(■>(■> 


New Ilanipslnrc ... 


IMJ .... 


4.'J7.-. 


New Jersey 


11;'. . 


7,7.V,» 


New Mexico 


10 . . . 


:!31 


NeAy York .... 


<j;^s 


38,98.5 


North Dakota 


:i2 .... . . 


778 


Ohio 


711 


4r,,G72 


Oregon 


47 


i.Gfir, 


Pennsyhania 


.">".>."> .... 


44,G13 


Potomac .... 


1;; 


3,047 


Rhode Island 


21 


2,722 


South Dakota 


14 


;',;t4 


Tennessee 


71 


3.171 


Texas 


32 


813 


Utah . . 


3 


138 


Vermont . . 


103 


5,1G4 


Yir"-inia 


37 


1 '^15 


Washington and Alaska . 


_-,•> 


1,894 


West Virginia .... 


. \y.] 


2.09S 


Wisconsin 


2(;4 


13.7S1 



Total. 



7.228 



303,893 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 19 

In Commander-in-Chief Alger's report to the Encampment 
the nnmber of members in good standing on -Tune 30, LSOO, was 
shown to be 427,081. 

That there will l)e any further increase in its nnml)ers is 
doubtful, though there are still many thousands of veterans not 
3^et mustered in. Great efforts are constantly being made to 
induce those who have held aloof to join their comrades in the 
order. The average age at death of the veterans is fifty-six, 
and as but few remain who are under fifty, it is apparent 
there cannot be much increase of the Grand Army. Swiftlj' 
have fled the years intervening since the close of the war, and it 
is not a long look down the vista of the future to its ultimate 
extinction. It is painful to reflect that ere long only memories 
of its existence will remain ; but these can never die. On the 
pages of history the heroic acts of its members, their usefulness 
and beneficence, will ever shine with unfading lustre. To all who 
wore the Union blue during the war, whether within the ranks of 
the Grand Arm}" or not, and to all their dependent loved ones, it 
has ever extended, and will ever lend, a helping hand in times of 
adversit3^ Its mission of Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty will 
only cease when the last veteran shall have passed from earth and 
joined his comrades in the Grand Reunion in the fair Eternal City. 

"There, on that beautiful shore, 
Comrades are forming to welcome, 
Comrades who have gone l)efore." 

The first National Encampment was held at Indinnapolis, 
Indiana, November 20, ISOT), when Stephen A. Hurlburt was 
chosen Commander-in-Chief. It was there that the national 
organization was formally effected and its work and duties out- 
lined. From the beginning its leaders have been men of marked 
ability, energy and enterprise, and have loved the cause devotedly. 

The original idea of an Encampment was nothing more than 
that of an annual convention of chosen Grand Army representa- 
tives, to make the necessary governing laws which experience and 
observation Imd tauglit them were necessarv for the u'rowth. 



20 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINCiS TWKNTY-I( >ri{Tn 

prosperity and the furtherance of the benevolent work of the 
society. Hut gradually the Encampment was taken advantage of 
as an occasion for reunions, and a gathering, for social jMirposes, 
of veterans who, in the engagoinent of civil pnisuits, had been 
scattered in the various sections of the country. 

Naturally, with the increasing strength of the order, tht'se 
reunions grew in popularity, and a National Encanipnient was 
looked forward to with a joyful anticipation and interest which 
cannot be understood or appreciated by those who are not nicui- 
bers of this fraternity of citizen soldiers, until today an occasion 
like this not only means a gatiiering of (Jrand Army delegati's, but 
the massing of veterans from every portion of the country, and 
the holding of camp-fires, reunions, banquets, receptions, excur- 
sions and whatever pleasure can be had from social intercourse. 
It is now recognized as one of tlie great factors for ket-pinu" up an 
active interest in the organization and the binding togetiicr in 
stronger ties those who responded to the call of an imperilled 
country. 

When the city of Boston and the Department of 3Iassachu- 
setts, G. A. R., formally invited the Encampment at Milwaukee 
in 1889 to hold its 1890 session at the "Hub," the acceptance of 
the invitation met with general approval, not only with the dele- 
gates, but also with the rank and file of the (Jrand Army. There 
were many reasons why the reunion in Boston was desirable. To 
many of the veterans a visit to that city Avould be a trip to the 
home of their childhood, with its fond recollections and scenes, 
]Many of the citizens of the central qnd western sections of the 
I'nited States could claim New England either as their birth- 
place or that of their fathers or mothers. Indeed, the coming 
of the comrades to New England was, to many, the return to the 
home of their childhood. 

Boston, with its traditions and historical huidmarks, I'lymoutli 
Rock, Bunker Hill, the scenes of the Indian and Revolutionary 
wars, its fame for hospitality, and last, but not least, a love and 
appreciation of the veterans — all coniliined to give an assurance of 
a most successful Eucampuient, and one which would surpass all 
others held in the past. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 21 

It Avas the second meeting of the National Encampment in 
Boston, the first being held during the administration of John A. 
Logan, in'May, ISTl. At that time Lncins Fairchild was the 
Senior Yice-Commander-in-C'hief , and Louis Wagner, Junior Yice- 
Commander-in-C'hief, both of whom afterward filled the position 
of Commander-in-Chief. It met in John A. Andrew Hall ; and 
the entertainment consisted of a banquet in Faneuil Hall, a visit 
to Bunker Hill monument and an inspection of the forts in the 
harbor. 

It was very unlike the Encampment of 1890 : for that of 1871 
was at the darkest period in the history of the Grand Army, 
while that of 1890 was held when it was at the zenith of its power 
and influence thronghout the country. 



22 UNOFFK lAL PROCEEDINGS TWENJ V-K )rKTII 



TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 



NK\'KR since that nieniorabU' day in LSr..'), wlicn the solid 
culuinn of survivors of tin' Civil War passetl in unbrokon line 
down the broad and niaguiticent Pennsylvania Avenue, "Washing- 
ton, in official review, have so many vi-terans assembled together 
as in Boston during the early days of August, l.s'Jd, the occasion 
being the Twenty-Fourth National Encampment of the (irand 
Army of the Republic. It marked the turning point of a quarter 
of a century since the soldier and sailor returned to resume the civil 
pursuits of life, and the best energies were employed to make it 
a notable Encampment. 

From the Atlantic to the Pacitic, from the bleak (tiuadiau 
line to the cotton fields of southern Texas, came the veterans. 
In fraternal greeting the eonu'ade from the East grasped the hand 
of the comrade from the West. In the war they had fought side 
by side, elbow to elbow ; but when peace came, their paths in life 
diverged. After the lapse of years, they met who had not seen 
each other since the Rebellion, to rehearse the stirring scenes of 
the past. Comrades were greeted who were thought to be resting 
in a soldier's grave. 

The occasion was one of great happiness to the veteran.* 
From the day Boston welcomed the citizen soldier to the hour when 
he bade adieu to his host of heart-bound friends, his life was full 
of pleasure. What a contrast were these scenes to those of the 
war 1 It seemed as if it were a dream, as he looked back to those 
dark days, — when 

"The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder; 
The rattling musketrj-, the clashing blade — 
And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, 
The diapason of the cannonade." 



N.VTIOXAL EXCAMPMEXT OF THE O. A. R. 23 

For a number of days preceding the Encampment, the conn-ades 
poured into the city — enthusiastic, eager and expectant: a 
mighty host — from the far North, the sunny South, tlie East, 
and the great AV'est, in peace and good will to l)e the honored 
guests of a waiting and welcoming city. 

The stirring strains of martial nmsic, 

"The tife's shrill note, the drum's loud beat," 

were heard on every side, awakening the memories of bj'-gone 
years. Vivid the contrast I Then the turmoil of war, but hence- 
forth — 

'■ Peace : And no longer from the brazen portals 

The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies ; 
But, beautiful as the songs of the immortals, 
The holy melodies of love arise." 

Under the leadership of their beloved Commander-in-Chief Alger 
they marched, forty thousand strong, beneath the starry emblem 
of the country they helped to save. 

Never before, in the annals of history, has such a magnihcent 
spectacle been recorded. Who could look upon the P'our Hun- 
dred of the Medal-of-Honor Legion, 

" All that was left of them," 

without emotion. The survivors of Lil)by and Andersonville 
and Belle Isle, the remnants of the forces of Grant, Sherman 
and Sheridan, of Hancock and -McClellan, of Meade and Gar- 
field, of Butler, Banks and Deveiis, together with sailors who 
had seen service under Farragut and Porter, once more were 
keeping step to the drum beat. Sherman, Butler, Banks, Sickles, 
Chamberlain, lierdan, and the President of the nation. Comrade 
Benjamin Harrison, all honored the occasion by their presence. 
Deafening plaudits rang along the line as the Grand Army of 
the Republic passed in review before admiring throngs. It was 
a procession of heroes ; they may be nameless in history, but the 
exploits they performed are forever enshrined iu the great heart 
of the Nation. 

Proudly, as when they marched to the Music of the Union, 
stepped these heroes of many battles, but with waning strength. 



24 LN'oi ri< lAi. i>1{(>('i;ki)IX(;s TWKNTv-i'oiinii 

Side l)y side were ineu of faltering steps, bowed forms and 
whitened locks, and those still in the vigor and prime of life, who 
went to the battle front when they were lads, bnt who now 
leaned upon crutch and staff. Veterans who had passed the 
allotted years of man's life, on this supreme occasion were 
animated anew by the patriotic fire. 

Their measured tread as they bore aloft the tattered battU- 
flags of the Wilderness, Fair Oaks, Petersburg, Antietam aful 
Gettysburg, awakened the enthusiasm of all beholders, who 
thought of the hardships and perils these men had suffered that 
the Union might not be rent asunder by fratricidal hands, and 
that slavery's shackles should be broken from the liml)s of four 
millions of God's people. From every heart and lip caine a 
welcome and blessing. 

In solid columns and martial bearing, the sons marclicd in 
the footsteps of their fathers — soldiers by intuition and inher- 
itance. "With beaming faces and eyes flashing with the fire of 
j'outhful ambition and patriotic fervor, they proudly occupied 
their position in the parade as rear guard of the veterans. 

And Massachusetts ! Never was such a complete Department 
of the Grand Army assembled in line. From every city, town 
and hamlet in the state came the veterans. All Posts were 
represented in nearly full membership, only sickness or other 
preventing causes keeping the comrades from participating in tin- 
gala scenes. 

It told more than words could express of the pleasure it 
gave her to welcome the veterans to the soil where freedom had 
its birth and has ever flourished — that Massachusetts' arms were 
opened wide to receive them, and it bespoke an unmeasured tender 
of hospitality to those who saved the Nation in its hour of peril. 

In connection with this event and day, — and, indeed, with 
all the days of the Encampment, — it is fitting that mention be 
made of the beautiful weather that prevailed. Earth and sea and 
sky were fair. The heated air of previous days was cooled by 
refreshing breezes. Nothing could have been more fortunate 
than this, particularly upon the day of the parade, when, had the 
weather been marked by excessive heat, great would have been 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 25 

the sufferino's of the veterans. Just before the column started a 
gentle rain descended, laying the dust, and for the remainder of 
the day the sky was overcast by fleecy clouds. 

In contemplation of the conditions of this great national 
gathering, the almost entire freedom from sickness or accidents, 
and the long list of favoring circumstances and incidents that 
brightened the whole week, together with the harmonious action 
and great results of the convention : shall it not be said, in 
deep and reverent acknowledgment of the goodness of Him 
who ruleth, that in all these things may be seen the ever- 
controlling hand and abiding care of Providence? He, at the 
Nation's birth, smiled with special favor on its founders, and in 
later 3'ears led their children's children through the blood-red sea 
of civil war to an everlasting peace. 

The tenets and underlying principles of this brotherhood of 
soldiers and sailors are in accord with Heaven's laws and lessons. 
The Grand Army of the Republic recognizes its dependence upon, 
and swears allegiance to, the King of kings. Before Him come 
its appeals of all true comrades for guidance and assistance. It 
claims His watch and care. In its broad, impartial work of 
benevolence and love, and the inculcation of its teachings of 
loyalty to our country, it performs His work and is His ally. 
The reverent observer saw Heaven's special favors vouchsafed to 
the Grand Armj- of the Republic during its Encampment in 
Boston. 

As .Jehovah overshadowed the army of the Union in battle, 
gave it the victory, has ever been to the nation "a pillar of cloud 
by day and fire by night," the survivors of the war have every 
reason still to trust Him, the Creator, Preserver, Guide and 
Protector. 



26 INOFFICIAL I'KOCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOLHTII 



THE FIRST STEPS TAKEN. 



FRO^l the first suggestion that Boston should hiive the 
National Encampment of 1<S1M) held within its borders, the 
idea gained strength day by day. It was talked among the citizens, 
among the Grand Army Posts and in the state and city govern- 
ments until it assumed the proportions of a genuine INIassachust'tts 
ambition. At the Twenty-Second Annuid Convention of tiie 
Department of ^Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Kepublic, held 
in IJoston, Fel). 12, 1<S8!), on the motion of Conn-ade Charles (). 
Fellows of Post 35, it was voted : — 

"That the delegates from this Department to the next 
National Encampment be instructed to extend the hospitalities of 
this Department and to invite the National Encampment to hold 
the Convention of 1890 in Boston." 

Nothing more could be done until the gathering at Milwauivre 
in 1889. On the afternoon of the first day's session of that body 
the motion was made to proceed to the selection of the place for 
holding the next annual session. Comrade Palmer of New York 
made an argument in favor of Saratoga ; Comrade Burdette of the 
Department of the Potomac then described the charms of Wasli- 
ington ; and he was followed by Comrade Travis of Indiana, who 
In-ought foi-ward the claims of Indianapolis. 

Comrade Goodale of ^lassachusetts then arose and spoke as 
follows : — 

" Commander-in-Chief and Comrades : It becomes my pleas- 
ant privilege to speak to you today for the comrades of a far dis- 
tant state, that state on whose shores first landed that 

' Baud of lieroes, sajre and martyr, 
Who, ill the Mayflower cabin, signed the first New p:;nsiiaiid charter;' 

a state whose people have ever stood first and foremost in every 
fon\vard movement in the cause of liberty ; a state whose proud 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 27 

record it is that she has done more for her sohliers and their 
dependents than all the other Northern states combined ; a state 
of whom her sons are justly proud — proud of her in times of 
peace as well as in times of war — proud of her statesmen as well 
as her gallant soldier boys ; a state to whom her veterans never 
appeal in vain. 

"Yes, comrades, we, the boys of the old Bay State, are 
proud of our grand Commonwealth, and we are so proud of her 
that we wish to welcome Avithin the borders of our little state our 
comrades from all the other Departments. Let them see for 
themselves ]Massachusetts and her loyal people ; let them learn 
from experience how cordial are our greetings, how boundless our 
hospitality. 

"At the last Encampment it was unanimously voted tliat 
the hospitalities of the Department be extended to the National 
Encampment; that it be invited to hold its session in 1890 in the 
city of Boston. And now, in behalf of my comrades, I invite 
you from the golden shores of the Pacific ; you from the broad 
prairies of the West and from the mountain sides of the Rockies ; 
you from the sunny fields and savannas of the South ; you 
from the busy life of the Middle States, and you from the sister 
states of our own New England, to all come to us, and, within the 
good old city of Boston, hold your next National Encampment. 

' ' It has been many years since we had the pleasure of wel- 
coming you within our borders ; and, since the last Encampment 
was held in Springfield, we have grown from a small Department 
with a few thousand members into a grand and prosperous 
Department numbering nearly 22,000 comrades. 

" Not only for the Grand Army of the Republic, but for the 
people of our city and state, who will be glad to welcome 3'ou 
and make yoiir stay with us pleasant, do I speak. In this con- 
nection allow me to read a letter from the acting Governor of the 
state, Hon. J. Q. A. Brackett : — 



Boston, Mass., Aug. 25, 1889. 
Mr. George L. Goodai.k, 

Department Commander Massachusetts, G. A. E. 
Mij Dear Sir : In response to your request for my views upon the 
proposition to have tlie National Encampment of the Grand Army of the 



28 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY- FOURTH 

Republic held in Boston next year, I write to express the earnest hope 
that this Avill be done. The high estimation in -which the Grand Army is 
held in Massachusetts is a sufficient assurance that both her government 
and citizens will heartily co-operate with the Massachusetts Department 
in extending a royal welcome to all who attend this Encampment, and in 
making the occasion one that will be worthy of the state and city, and 
that will be ever pleasantly remembered by their visitors. 

I trust that you will urge and secure the acceptance of your invita- 
tion in order that Massachusetts may be honored by having her capital 
city selected for the gathering, which will be more than usually interest- 
ing and memorable, because held in the year which will complete the first 
quarter of a century from the victory at Appomattox. 

Cordially yours, J. Q. A. Bkackett. 

"I will admit, comrades, that it would be a graud thing for 
the old veterans • to march down Pennsj'lvania Avenue again, 
twenty-five years after the close of the war ; but is there any- 
thing grander or nobler in it than that they should march through 
the streets of the city from which went our Fifth, Sixth and 
Eighth Regiments — the first troops to march to the Nation's rescue 
when threatened by traitor hands? 

" "We cannot show you the grave of Washington, Init wi- will 
take you to Cambridge Green and there show you the old elm 
under which he took command of the American army : that army 
at whose head he won the proud distinction of "Father of his 
Country " — that army which never laid down its arms until a 
new nation was established on this continent. We will show you 
old ocean in all its might and grandeur, and you shall, if you 
can, win from its depths its finny inhabitants. 

'•I have been asked since I entered this hall how the crop 
of beans was in Massachusetts this year. As to that I cannot 
say ; but you shall have all of that dish you desire, for which 
Boston is as noted as it is for its culture, — " Ye Baked Beans," — 
although we will not confine your diet to it. You shall revel in 
all the tempting dishes which New England people know so well 
how to provide. 

"We will show you Plymouth Rock; and from the first 
scenes in the struggle for national independence — Lexington, 
Concord and Bunker Hill, and from the old Cradle of Liberty, 
Faneuil Hall — you shall gain new inspirations for your duties as 



NATIONAL ENCAMrMKNT OF THE (!. A. K. 29 

citizens in the land yon ' have helped to save ; and thronghont the 
length and breadth of our state, from the sands of Cape Cod to 
the green hills of Berkshire, in ever}' city and town, there shall 
be such a welcome extended to you as shall say to you that, as 
Massachusetts has ever stood loyally by her soldier boys, so she 
will gladly welcome their comrades with whom they fought for 
the preservation of the Nation's life. 

''We will — in fact, comrades, come to us in l-S'.M), and you 
shall have the title of our city and state, you shall own them, the}' 
shall l)e yours ; and if that does not satisfy you, we will beg, 
borrow or steal (or revive an old army custom, and forage) from 
our neigliboring Departments, and throw in Khode Island, witli 
her Rocky Point and clam-bakes, New Hampshire, with her 
granite hills, INIount Washington and other peaks. I am sure, 
comrades, that all other New England Departments will join 
^Massachusetts in extending to you a royal welcome. 

"Comrades, my pleasant duty is performed. ^Massachusetts 
extends to you her hands, ready to grasp yours in fraternal 
greeting : our hearts are open ready to receive 3'ou to their warmest 
corner; our homes stand with wide-open doors, that you may 
enter. 

"•1 need say no more ; I can say no more, ^^'ith the fuUvst, 
freest and most sincere feelings of fraternal comradeship, our 
invitation is extended to you. If it shall be your pleasure to 
accept, as we all most ardently hope it will, it will be our duty to 
see that the hospitalities extended the National Encampment of 
IHilO shall be such as shall cause it ever to remain in memory, the 
most pleasant experience ever enjoyed by our Grand Ami}' of the 
Republic." 

This motion was seconded by Past Commander-in-Chief Rea, 
who spoke as follows : — 

" I am one of those patriots tr^'ing to get to Washington for 
the past twenty-five years ; but, nevertheless, I am instructed by 
the delegation from Minnesota to say that they unanimously 
prefer Boston as the place of holding the next National Encamp- 
nu'ut. Indeed, we who live up there in (4od's own country have ■ 
only one objection to Boston at any time, or for an}' purpose, 
and that is, it is fifteen hundred miles away from the present 



30 UXOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWKNTY-K( >lHTn 

centre of our mighty continental progress. We :uv willing to 
travel that distance to hold our next Encampment where the 
libert}' of America was born on the soil of INIassachusetts, where 
the first blood was shed for American frt'cdom. We want to go 
there, and Minnesota seconds the nomination of Boston. 

"It would be a grand thing to march down rennsylvania 
Avenue, but a better one to visit Faneuil Ilall, and stand whiav 
Charles Sumner stood more than forty years ago. and uttered 
the sublime sentiment, '•Aloft on the throne of (Jod, and not 
below in the footprints of a trampling multitude, are the sacred 
rules of right which no majoiity can displace or overturn" : the 
forging of whicii into recognized, living law is our crown of 
triumph. 1 want to go to IJoston. We all want to go to lioston." 

Comrade Goodale also read the following invitatiou from 
flavor Hart, of Boston : — 

" Let the Grand Army hold its next National Encampment in Boston. 
Boston is the most beantifnl, the most liospitable and the most American 
city in the United States. 

(Signed) Tuomas N. ll.wir. Mti;ior." 

Remarks, favoring Boston as the most desirable location for 
the next Phicampmeut, were then made by Comrades I'ettibone of 
Tennessee, Campbell of Kansas, Hutchens of Kentucky, Gard of 
California, Silsby of Dakota, Crocker of Illinois and McElroy of 
Oregon. This approval of the "Hub" from the representatives 
of so many states, covering such a wide range of territory, 
extending even to the Pacific coast, carried great weight among 
the unpledged delegates present ; and when the vote was taken, 
Boston had 400 votes to 130 cast for Saratoga, Indianapolis and 
Washington. On the motion of Comrade Palmer of New Yoi-k, 
the vote was made unanimous. 

It is, perhaps, needless to say that Boston was proud of the 
honor conferred upon that city. The prominent citizens and gen- 
tlemen identified with every great movement for the advancement 
of Boston's interests comprehended what it meant to entertain 
the great number of veterans who would assemble : then and there 
they determined to do theii- best and give the Grand Army an 
unsurpassed reception. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 31 

At a special meeting of the council of administration of the 
Department of JMassachusetts, G. A. R., held at headquarters, 
Boylston Building, Boston, Septem})er 11, 1.S8U, Department 
Commander (loodale stated that the National Encampment had 
accepted the invitation of the Department of JMassachusetts to 
hold its next annual session in Boston, and asked the council to 
devise means to provide for the entertainment of that body. 

The following were appointed a sub-committee to submit to 
the council for its approval the names of fifty persons, consisting 
of comrades of the G. A. K. and citizens of JMassachusetts, to 
act in conjunction with the council of administi'ation as a general 
committee for l.SOO, viz. : — 

Department Commander George L. Goodale, Senior Vice- 
Commander George H. Innis, Assistant Quartermaster C. C. N. 
AVallace, Department Inspector John H. Cook, Comrade P^li W. 
Hall of the elective council, and Judge Advocate Solomon A. 
Bolster. 

Department Inspector John H. Cook was chosen secretary' of 
this sub-committee. 

At a special meeting of the council, held October 21, LS.S!), 
the secretary of the sub-committee, in behalf of that body and in 
obedience to the previous vote of the council, submitted the 
names of fifty persons as a report of the connnittee ; but after 
discussion, the number being deemed too small, the report was 
recommitted to the sub-committee with full powers, both as to 
number and composition of the general committee, and the sum 
of five hundred dollars was appropriated for the use of the sub- 
committee to defray necessary expenses. 

At the regular meeting of the council, held November l.'i, 
1881), the secretary', in behalf of the sub-committee, reported a 
list of names of persons selected to constitute a general committee. 

On the motion of Adjutant-General Alfred C. IMonroe, this 
list was accepted as a report of progress, and the sub-committee 
was instructed to continue its work till the formal organization of 
the general ct)mmittee. 

The next step taken Avas a gathering of comrades and citizens 
to plan and carry out the arrangements for the National Kncainp- 
ment of l-siH). in the Green Room of tiie State House, on the 



32 UNOFFICIAL PKOCKEDINCS TWEXTY-FOTKTII 

afternoon of November 2(i. 1SS!». Department ('oninuuider 
Goodnle presided ; and, as the first business, he Avas selected tem- 
porary chairman, with Major John 11. Cook as tempoi'ary secretary. 
It was voted that a committee of nine be appointed by the chair, 
to report at a future meeting nominations of persons to constitute 
permanent officers and others to compose sub-conmiittees of the 
general committee. The chair appointed to carry out this motion : 
George S. ^lerrill, Hon. Charles Carleton Coffin, V. (J. King, E. 
AV. Hall, George W. Creasey, George W. Walker, John H. Cook, 
F. C. Brownell and George L. Goodale. 

The next meeting was held at (^reen Koom on the afternoon 
of December G, at which a permanent organization was reported 
and unanimously accepted. The selection was as follows : — 

President, Treasurer, Si'crctarii, 

,Tonx D. Loxr.. Elisha S. Comvkrse. Sii-vs A. liAinox. 

Vice-Presidents : 
Charles Devens. Benjamin F. Butler. 

William Gaston. Leopold Morse. 

Henry Cabot Lodge. Elijah A. Morse. 

Patrick A. Collins. E. W. Hincks. 

AV. F. Dhapkr. Harrison Hu.mi:. 

Geo. S. Mi'.mtiLL. 

An executive, finance and otlier committees were also 
selected and their organization completed. 

It is often said that a good sttirt insures success ; and the 
able selection of the president and other executive officers certainly 
lent a strength of character and purpose which meant that the 
carrying out of the Encampment on a broad and liberal scale was 
assured. 

The president, Hon. John D. Long, ex-goveruor of Massa- 
chusetts and ex-representative to the National Congress, is too 
well known throughout the country to need especial mention here. 
The universal comment was that no better selection could have 
been made than Governor Long to preside over the National 
Encampment committee. His counsel and advice, when doubtful 
questions on legal points arose, was most valuable : and the fact 
that the vast business was conducted without a shadow of litiga- 
tion arising attests the value of his services to the committees. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE O. A. R. 33 

The treasurer, Hon. Elisha S. Converse, is one of Boston's 
merchant princes. He is manager and treasurer of the Boston 
Eubber Shoe Co., president of the Boston Belting Co., president 
of the First National Bank, Maiden, Mass., a director of the 
Revere Rubber Co. and the Exchange National Bank of Boston, 
president of the Rubber Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Co., 
trustee of the Wellesley College, and also trustee of the Boston 
Five Cents Savings Bank. For two terms he has served the city of 
Maiden as its mayor, and was a member of the Massachusetts 
Senate in 1880-81. His appointment as treasurer of the National 
Encampment was most fitting and appropriate. 

On the departure of the treasurer to P^urope, early in the 
summer, his son, Capt. Henry E. Converse, was unanimously 
appointed assistant-treasurer, and to the close of the Encamp- 
ment administered the affairs of that office in an able and satis- 
factory manner. 

The secretary, Mr. Silas A. Barton, was the prime mover in 
establishing in Massachusetts the Thomson-Houston Electric Co., 
an enormous plant, having Lynn for its home and Boston for its 
headquarters, with great branches in the principal cities of the 
United States and also in foreign •countries. He is a director in 
this company, and the official head of its purchasing department. 
He is president of the Brush Electric Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, and 
prominently connected with large manufacturing and mercantile 
interests in Boston and elsewhere. He is a comrade in the noted 
General Lander Post 5, of Lynn, the largest Post in the country. 
The superb business qualifications of Secretary Barton rendei'ed him 
a master in the mapping out and preparation of the details of the 
work at headquarters. To his planning and executive capacity 
may be attributed no small part of the success of this grand 
reunion of veterans. 

The vice-presidents were gentlemen widely known in their 
political, legal and mercantile vocations throughout the country. 

^Meanwhile the state and city were by no means inactive, and 
assurances were early given that the hearty co-operation with the 
National Committee could be expected. 

Gov. Brackett, in his inaugural address, made prominent 
mention of the forthcoming event, in words as follows : — 



34 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWEXTY-FOUKTH 

"Important and interesting as these gatherings ahvays are, this 
one will be especially so, as it takes place in the same year Avith the 
quarter centenary of the crowning victory at Appomattox. 

" Massachusetts has been honored by the selection of her capital as 
the place for this assemblage, and should manifest her appreciation of 
the honor by co-operating with the members of the Massachusetts 
Department of the Grand Army, and with all other patriotic citizens, in 
making the occasion one that shall be Avorthy of the State and the 
organization which will be here convened." 

For Boston, jMayor II:nt. at the organization of the city gov- 
ernment, referred to the project as follows : — 

"The National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Hepnblic, 
whicli is to be held in Boston, will i)robably be the largest gathering of 
Union veterans ever assembled in New England. I recommend a liberal 
api)ropriation for the purpose, in order to show that Boston is not only 
hospitable and loyal, but ever grateful to the men who fought for the 
Union. The city, the Commonwealth and the jseople ought to co-operate 
in making the Encampment worthy of Boston, Massachusetts and the 
assembled veterans." 




KATIOXAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 35 



THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



THE committee having in charge the reception and entertain- 
ment of two hundred thousand visitors for an entire week 
and all the necessary arrangements for the National Encampment, 
found itself confronted with a stupendous task ; yet it was cheer- 
fully assumed, never once regretted and was perfectly accomplished 
by the gentlemen composing its membership, with the assistance 
of its auxiliaries. Such a bodj" as this bears the same relation 
to the active sub-committees as the commander's staff to an armj^, 
with its presiding officer as the general in command. 

The executive committee maps out the plan of procedure, 
selects its correlative forces and directs the performance of their 
duties. It is to this committee that the great public looks for 
results, and to it credit is accorded for the success, or censure 
for the failure, of the luidertaking. 

The executive committee has yet to learn that its management 
of affairs has been the subject of adverse criticism. The members 
are contented to leave their work to the unerring opinion and 
judgment of the public. 

The watchful eye of this controlling body must be here, 
there and everywhere, allowing no necessary detail, great or small, 
to escape attention. It must ever hold itself in readiness for 
consultation and counsel, the solving of the difficult problems of 
finance, accommodations, or other vital matters which constantly 
arise, and be prepared to extricate the business of all the other 
committees from whatever complications or obstructions they 
may meet. 

To V)e productive of the right results, the relationship of the 
members to each other, and to their brother officials of other 
committees, must be entirely harmonious. 

The achievements of the committees were largely owing to 
the unity of purpose and harmony of action that prevailed, and 
especially to the cordial relations that existed between the aux- 
iliarv and executive bodies. 



36 UNOFFICIAI, l'K«KEEDIN(5S TWKNTV-FOUHTII 

Doubtless the great end that was to be attained, an end 
national in its character and importance, was the grand incentive 
to laborious efforts. The reputation of the gentlemen composing 
the committees was a guarantee of right action, and their well- 
known zeal in everj' good Avork was evidenced 1)}' their accom- 
plishments in this. It may be here stated tliat the members of 
the connnittees, not of the Grand Army of the liepul)lic, were as 
enthusiastic, determined and eager for the prosperity and success 
of the Encampment as the comrades themselves. Their counsel 
carried great weight in the deliberations, and often shapeil the 
committees' course. 

The fame of this Encampment has been on every tongue. It 
has been told at every camp fire and in everj' Post room from 
Maine to California, and rehearsed to every veteran and civilian 
who was prevented by business cares or cause of :uiy kind fioin 
participating in the glorious event. 

It is to be hoped that the great patriotic and enthusiastic 
display, so perfectly arranged and carried out, will prove a potent 
educator to the young and rising generation, and that those of 
maturer years, who hitherto have, perhaps, looked coldly upon 
the Grand Army of the Republic, will now appreciate, as never 
before, the priceless services and sacrifices these veterans of the 
Civil war gave to the Nation when it was in peril, and that their 
heai-ts will ever glow with increased love of country and pride in 
its banner of beautj' and glory. 

It will be seen from the subjoiut-d list that a representative 
and distinguished body of men was selected to compose the 
executive committee. That they fulfilled all expectations, the 
end accomplished plainW attests. It will alwaj's be a source of 
pleasure to its members to review the results of their labors. 

3IEMBEBS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

John. D. Long, ^ 

Elisha S. Converse, I Ex Officio. 

Silas A. Baktox, J 

George L. Goodale, Chairman. George S. Merrill. 

George W. Creasey. George H. Ixxis. 

Benjamin S. Lovell. F. G. Kix<;. 

John H. Cook. E. W. Hall. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. U. 37 

Myron P. "Walker. Richard F. Tobin. 

C. C. CoiEix. C. N. Wallace. 

W. W. Blackmail \Villl\m M. Olix. 

James F. Meecii. F. C. Browxell. 

Charles B. Rohax. 

The first sessions of the committee were held at headquarters 
of the Massachusetts Department, G. A. R., on Boylston Street; 
but it was deemed necessary to secure permanent and more com- 
modious headquarters, and these were obtained in the Lowell 
Building, No. 2A Beacon Street. 

The committee deemed it proper to issue the following cir- 
cular to the public : — 

THE GREAT GRAND ARMY REUNIONS IN BOSTON, 
IN AUGUST, 1890. 

"The Grand Army of the Republic, the great veteran associa- 
tion of the country, has now reached a membership of nearh' half 
a million ; its ranks include soldiers from all the aruiies of the 
Union and sailors of whatever fleet. It is absolutel}' free from 
partisanship ; with its comrades no political considerations ever 
come, and its action has been such that the leading veterans of 
all parties are enrolled in its ranks. It seeks only to perpetuate 
the patriotic memories of the great struggle in defence of the 
nation, to more closely cement the ties of comradeship born of 
battle, to care for the widows and orphans of those who died in 
defence of the flag, and to lessen the burdens and sweeten the 
life of liiin who did and dared that the nation might live. Its 
wonderful strength has been mainly acquired during the past ten 
years, and the annual sessions of the National Encampment have 
broadened into a magnificent national reunion of the survivors of 
the war. 

"The National J2ncampment is the congress of the order, 
comprising about one thousand representatives from the several 
Departments — the latter being generally separate states — meet- 
ing annually to consider questions upon which the growth and 
strength of the great organization depends, and to enact laws 
for the more perfect illustration of the triple bond of " Frater- 
nity, Charity and Loyalty," upon which its works rest. In 



38 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY- FOURTH 

Massachusetts aloue above six hundred thousaml dollars has 
already been expended from the charity funds of the several 
Posts. 

" In August, l^i'JO, in response to an invitation from the vet- 
erans of the Department of Massachusetts, warmly endorsed by 
state and city officials and leading business representatives, this 
great assemblage of veterans is to be held in the city of Boston. 

" From every section of the country come indications that this 
will be one of the largest gatherings of the character since the 
war closed. The year of 18*J0 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary 
of the return of peace, and the " Boys of '(51 " propose to celebrate 
the event in a reunion worthy the occasion. 

"■ Since 18G5 tens of thousands of the sons of New England, 
who served in the Union armies and navies, have removed to the 
states of the great AVest and there builded themselves homes. 
These are coming in battalions to once more grasp the hands of 
the comrades who stood shoulder to shoulder with them more than 
a quarter of a century ago, and to tigain look upon the scenes of 
their boyhood. All the veterans of New England will be here to 
greet them. 

"Already entire Posts of the Grand ^Vrmy in the West are 
arranging to take part in the great celebration, which, without 
doubt, will bring together a larger number of the veterans than 
have been gathered since the days when, the great contest against 
rebellion ended, the victorious armies marched in grand review 
before the President in Washington. Boston must be prepared 
to welcome during the week beginning August 11, 1890, a hun- 
dred thousand of the men who followed the nation's flag more 
than twenty-five years ago. 

"It is not probable, at least during the years of its strength, 
that the Grand Arm}' will ever again come to Massachusetts ; and 
this anniversary will, not unlikely, be altogether the largest in its 
entire existence. Massachusetts, which has more liberally pro- 
vided for its veterans than any other commonwealth, will not be 
found wanting in the presence of this mighty army of patriotic 
men; and the extent of the hospitality of Boston, though often 
tested, has never reached its limit. 



NATIONAL EXCAMrAIENT OF THE G. A. U, 39 

" These visitors will not :isk eutertainnieut at our hands ; but 
the work of providing places where they can be housed and fed 
while' here, and of extending to them a genuine IMassachusetts 
welcome, is a matter of no small magnitude and in which we must 
appeal for the cordial co-operation of all patriotic men ;nid 
women. 

" The work of preparation has been committed to a committee 
of some hundred and fifty, whose names have been already pub- 
lished. Sub-committees have been organized and are already 
vigorously prosecuting their labors, and we ask the kindly 
co-operation of the people of the state in their efforts. 

" Headquarters have been established at No. 2 A Beacon 
Street, near Tremont, which will be open at all hours, and where 
particulars of information will be gladly given. 

In behalf of the committee, 

John D. Long, President. 
E. S. Converse, Treasurer. 
Silas A. Barton, Secretary. 

Headquarters Executive Committee, Boston, Jan. 9, 1890." 

The first business transacted, after the adoption of tiie usual 
rules for self-goverment, was the formation of sub-committees. 
Invitations were sent out to leading citizens of Boston and vicin- 
ity to serve on one or the other of the committees of arrange- 
ments. The acceptances were prompt and hearty, with the excep- 
tions of a few declinations from gentlemen who either pass the 
summer months abroad or whose business cares do not allow 
of participation in outside affairs ; and the complete organization 
was quickly effected. Additions were made from time to time 
when the original number was found to be inadequate. 

The following sub-committees were created : 

President. 
Hon. John D. Long, 5 Tremont Street, Boston. 

Treasurer. 
Hon. E. S. Convkiise, 245 Causeway Street, Boston. 

Secretary. 
Sn.AS A. Barton, 2A Beacon Street, Boston. 



40 UNOFl'ICIAI. PKOCKKDINGS TWKNTY-l'orimi 

Vice-Presidents. 

Charles Deveus, Court House, Boston. 

Hon. Wm. Gaston, 28 School Street, Boston. 

Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Washington, I). C. 

Hon. P. A. Collins, 194 Washington Street. Boston. 
W. F. Draper. Hopedale, INIass. 
Hon. Benj. F. Butler, Lowell, Mass. 
Hon. Leopold Morse. Boston. 

Hon. E. A. Morse, Washington, D. C. 

E. W. Hincks, 19 Brattle Street, Cambridge. Mass. 

Hon. Harrison Hume, 55 Franlvlin Street, Boston. 
Geo. S. Merrill, State House, Boston. 

Finance Committee. 

Edw. H. Haskell, Chairman, 11 Otis Street, Boston. 
Hon. E. W. Kinsle}', 20 Beacon Street, Boston. 
Chas. H. Taylor, Globe Office, Boston. 

A. Shunian, 440 Washington Street, Boston. 

Geo. O. Carpenter, 13 Central Street, Boston. 
Asa P. Potter, Maverick Bank, Boston. 

S. B. Newton, Fanenil Hall ^Larket, Boston. 

W. T. Van Nostrand, 40 Alford Street. Boston. 

Ephraim Stearns, 74 Franklin Street, Boston. 

W. W. Kellett, 273 Purchase Street, Boston. 
C. A. Jones, Fanenil Hall Market, Boston. 

H. W. Huguley, 70 Broad Street. Boston. 
C. A. R. Dinion, Lowell, Mass. 

F. W. Breed, 2Sfi Devonshire Street, Boston. 
Chas. Weil, corner Summer and Otis Streets, Boston. 
E. Rollins Morse, 38 State Street, Boston. 

W. W. Clapp, Boston Journal Office, Boston. 

Wm. A. Haskell, 102 Hanover Street, Boston. 

S. Henry Skilton, 33 X. Market Street, Boston. 
A. C. Masury. 

Samuel Hobbs. 

G. D. Oilman. 

N. J. Rust. 

John C. Randall. 
Joel Goldthwaite. 

F. F. Emery. 

H. 0. Aldrich. 

Benj. F. Hunt, Jr., 51 Hanover Street, Boston. 
Thos. E. Barker, Maiden, Mass. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 41 

Geo. A. Keeler, 81 Washington Street, Boston. 

Spencer W. Eicliarclson, 40 Water Street, Boston. 
E. H. Woods, Boston Herald Office, Boston. 
E. V. Mitchell, Medfield, Mass. 

Jno. C. Haynes, 449 Washington Street, Boston. 
Levi C. Wade, 70 Kilby Street, Boston. 

Wm. S. Pratt. Maverick Street, East Boston. 

Frank J. Pope, 3G West Street, Boston. 

H. G. Kemp, Cambridge, Mass. 

Eben D. Jordan, Boston. 
J. N. North, 32 Bowker Street, Boston. 

E. C. Johnson, 33 Summer Street, Boston. 

W. A. Tower, 105 Devonshire Street, Boston. 
J. S. Paine, 48 Canal Street, Boston. 
Howard W. Spurr, 19 Commercial Street, Boston. 

Jacob P. Bates, 680 Washington Street, Boston. 

W. P. Shreve, 432 Washington Street, Boston. 
A. L. Newman, National Bank of Commonwealth, Boston. 
E. D. Evans, fiO Summer Street, Boston. 
Hon. A. W. Beard, Boston. 

Henry G. Parker, 2 Bromfleld Street, Boston. 
R. F. Barrett, Concord, Mass. 

John Carr, 17 State Street, Boston. 

J. H. Ereeland, Boylston Building, Boston. 

M. R. Waircn, 33G Washington Street, Boston. 

Executive Committee. 
Hon. John D. Long, ^ 
Hon. E. S. Converse, >■ ex officio. 
Silas A.'Barton, J 

Geo. L. Goodale, Chairman, 95 Commercial Street, Boston. 
Geo. W. Creasey, Custom House, Boston. 

Benj. S. Lovell, 147 U'ashington Street, Boston. 
John H. Cook, Custom House, Boston. 

Hon. C. C. Coffin, 81 Dartmouth Street, Boston. 
Myron P. Walker, Belchertown, Mass. 

W. W. Blackmar, 246 Washington Street, Boston. 

James F. Meech, 26 Henry Avenue, Lynn, Mass. 

Geo. S. INIerrill, Commonwealth Building, Boston. 
Geo. H. Tunis, 657 Washington Street, Boston. 

E. W. Hall, 17 Market Street, Lynn, Mass. 

F. G. King, 67 Lincoln Street, Boston. 

Richard F. Tobiu, 74 Tremont Street, Boston. 
C. N. Wallace, 133 Essex Street, Boston. 
Wm. M. Olin, Custom House, Boston. 

F. C. Brownell, Boston Herald Office, Boston. 

Chas. B. Rohan, Boston Globe Office, Boston. 



42 UXOFFKIAI. ri;(M KKl>lN(;s TWKNTY-FOLKTll 

Accommodations. 
Harrison Hunie. Chairman, 55 Franklin Street, Boston. 
B. Read Wales, Secretary, Custom House, Boston. 
Thos. Langlau, 19 Milk Street, Boston. 

Augustine Sanderson, Custom House, Boston. 

F. C. Brownell, Boston Herald Office, Boston, 
^r. T. Donohoe, l-l Beacon Street, Boston. 

Theo. Lentz, 8 Williams Court, Boston. 

Chas. D'W. Marcy, 155 Franklin Street, Boston 

Chas. B. Fox, 12 Post Ullice Stjuare, Boston. 

Geo. L. Goodale, 1)5 Commercial Street, Boston. 
Hon. W. D. I'ark, I'ark House, Bosworth Street, Boston. 
John D. Billings, Cambridgeport, Mass. 

Chas. B. Rohan, Boston Globe Office, Boston. 

Chas. D. White, 2 Faneuil Hall Square, Boston. 

James W. Brodbine, 772 Washington Street. Boston. 
Albert S. BusMell, Municipal Court, Boston. 

Chas. C. Adams, ll'.t Water Street, Boston. 

Chas. E. Hapgood, 4 IVmberton Square, Boston. 

M. C. Grant. I'M Devonshire Street. Boston. 

Transportation. 
J. R. Watson, Chairman, Fitchburg 11.11., Gen. I'ass. Agt., Boston. 
F. E. Orcutt, Secretary, Collector Internal Revenue, Boston. 
E. A. Buffinton, 521 Washingt(^n Street, Boston. 

W. S. Condell, 2<J0 Washington Street, Boston. 

E. E. Currier, 192 Washington Street, Boston. 
Geo. W. Walker. 35 Union Street, Boston. 

Geo. G. Bailey, 120 Tremont Street. Boston. 

Albert A. Smith, 300 Washington Street, Boston. 
C. A. Brown, 210 Washington Street, Boston. 

Hon. S. A. Bolster, 2304 Washington Street. Boston. 
Geo. H. Innis, Court House, Boston. 

W. C. Tallman, 280 Washington Street. Boston. 

D. J. Flanders, Gen. Pass. Agt. Boston & Maine K.K. 
E. J. Ilathorne, 10 Worcester Square, lioston. 
E. W. Hall, Lynn, Mass. 
Jos. H. Smith, 43 Franklin Street, Boston. 
Russell A. Alger, Detroit, Mich. 

Alfred Hocking, 200 Washiiiy:ton Street, Boston. 

Department of Information. 
Thos. E. Barker, Chairman, 130 .State Street. Boston. 

Chas. G. Davis, Secretary. State House, Boston. 

W. F. Hntchins, Journal Office, Boston. 



XATIOXAL EXCAMPilEXT OF THE G. A. R. 43 

Peter D. Smith, Andover, Mass. 

Joseph Gregory, Custom House, Boston. 

Geo. W. Crease}', Custom House, Boston. 
John H. Cook, Custom House, Boston. 

Hon. Henry B. Peirce, State House, Boston. 
Chas. D. Nash, Whitman, Mass. 

John D. Billings, Cambridgeport, Mass, 
W. A. Stevens, INIaldeu, Mass. 

Chas. A. Kuggles, Boston Clearing House, Boston. 

Henry E. Turner. Jr., State Street, Boston. 

Wm. M. Olin, Custom House, Boston. 

Parade. 

T. R. MatheAvs, Chairman, 50 Central Street, Boston. 

Fred G. King, Secretary, G7 Lincoln Street, Boston. 

G. S. Merrill, CommouAvealth Building, Boston. 
Hon. Wm. Coggswell, Washington, D. C. 

Geo. L. Goodale, 9.5 Commercial Street, Boston. 
Sam'l Dalton. State House, Boston. 
C. A. R. Dinion, Lowell, Mass. 

Albert T. Whiting, 7 Pemberton Square, Boston. 
F. C. Brownell, Herald Office, Boston. 

Geo. H. Innis, G.57 Washington Street, Boston. 
Chas. B. Rohan, Globe Office, Boston. 

Reunions. 

J. Payson Bradley, Chairman, 7 Central Wharf, Boston. 

Chas. 0. Fellows, Secretary, 16 Tremont Street, Boston. 
James A. Fox, Cambridge, ]VIass. 

J. G. B. Adams, State House, Boston. 

J. Willard Browne, Cambridge, Mass. 

Albert C. Andrews, Gloucester, Mass. 

Arthur A. Smith, GrisAvoldville, Mass. 

Chas. L. Mitchell, Custom House, Boston. 
Wm. Provin, Westfleld, Mass. 

Alex. Blackburn, Lowell, Mass. 

Geo. N. Munsell, Harwich, Mass- 
Entertainments. 

Geo. H. Inuis, Chairman, 657 Washington Street, Boston. 

J. B. Maccabe, Secretary, 32 Central Square, East Boston. 
Chas. O. Fellows, 16 Tremont Street, Boston. 

E. A. Buffinton, 521 Washington Street, Boston. 

A. A. Folsom, 97 Appleton Street, Boston. 



44 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY- KOLKTH 

John Boyle O'Reilly, Office Boston Pilot, Boston. 
H. A. M'Gleneu. Boston Theatre, Boston. 

R. M. Field, Boston Museum, Boston. 

J. H. Crutl", 2389 Washington Street, Boston. 

W. H. Thonies, 23 IlaAvley Street, Boston. 
C. S. Gierke, 249 Washington Street, Boston. 
Austin S. Cushman, New York. 

A. B. R. Sprague, Worcester, Mass. 

Francis A. Osborn, Boston. 
Hon. William Cogswell, Salem, Mass. 

John W. Kimball, Fitchburg, Mass. 

George S. Merrill, Commonwealth Building, Boston. 
Horace Binney Sargent, Santa ^lonica, Cal. 

John G. B. Adams, State House, Boston. 
George W. Creasey, Custom House, Boston. 

George S. Evans, Post Office Building, Boston. 
John D. Billings, Cambridgeport, Mass. 

John W. Hersey, Springfield, Mass. 

Richard F. Tobin, 74 Tremont Street, Boston. 
Charles D. Nash, Whitman. Mass. 

Myron P. Walker, Belchertown, Mass. 

George L. Goodale, 95 Commercial Street, Boston. 

Decorations. 
Richard F. Tobin, Chairman, 74 Tremont Street, Boston. 

R. B. Henderson, Secretary, 12 Beacon Street, Boston. 
Geo. G. Bailey, 120 Tremont Street. 

Wm. S. Butler, 90 Tremont Street, Boston. 
John B. O'Brien, Court House, Boston. 
Geo. A. Sawin, Dickinson Type Foundry, Chelsea, Mass. 
Dr. Azel Ames, Jr., Wakefield, Mass. 

A. W. Hersey, 1311 Washington Street, Boston. 
Isaac P. Gragg, 95 Milk Street, Boston. 

J. Edward Hollis, 35 Kilby Street, Boston. 

Thomas A. Ball, 90 Tremont Street, Boston. 

Reception Committee. 
GoA'. J. Q. A. Brackett, State House, Boston. 

Hon. H. H. Sprague, President of the Senate. Boston. 

Hon. W. E. Barrett, Speaker of the House, Boston. 
Mayor Thomas N. Hart, City Hall, Boston. 
Wm. P. Wilson, Chairman Board of Aldermen, Boston. 

Horace G. Allen, President Common Council, Boston. 

George H. funis, G57 Washington Street, Boston. 
Hon. Jno. F. Andrew, Washington, D. C. 
John M. Deane, Fall River, Mass. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 45 

John W. Hersey, Springtield, Mass. 

Chas. E. Osgood, 748 Washington Street, Boston. 
Henry E. Smith, Worcester, Mass. 

A. B. R. Sprague, Worcester, Mass. 
Arthur A. Fowle, Globe Office, Boston. 

Fred G. King, C,7 Lincohi Street, Boston. 

I'aul H. Kendricken, 80 Sudbury Street, Boston. 
Hon. J. H. O'Neil, Washington, D. C. 
Arthur A. Smith, GrisAvoldville, Mass. 

Joel Goldthwaite, 163 Washington Street, Boston. 
Jno. W. Kimball, Fitchburg, Mass. 

Hon. Chas. J. Noyes, 1 Femberton Square, Boston. 

E. A. Stevens, 20 Beacon Street, Boston. ' 

H. G. Allen, City Hall, Boston. 

Geo. S. Merrill, Commonwealth Building, Boston. 
Myron P. Walker, Belchertown, Mass. 
Wm. H. Lee, Greenwood, Mass. 

Nathan Appleton, 45 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston. 
S. W. Benson, Charlestowu, Mass. 

Jos. 0. Burdett, 113 Devonshire Street, Boston. 
Albert Clarke, Home Market Club, Boston. 

Chas. B. Rohan, Globe Office, Boston. 

F. C. Browuell, Herald Office, Boston. 
A. S. Fowle, Boston. 

Printing. 

Geo. S. Evans, Chairman, Post Office, Boston. 

E. B. Stillings, Secretary, 55 Sudbury Street, Boston. 

John H. O'Donnell, 18 Post Office Square, Boston. 
Peter D. Smith, Andover, Mass. 
H. N. Sawyer, 70 State Street, Boston. 

John D. Billings, Cambridgeport, Mass. 

Chas. W. Reed, 12 West Street, Boston. 

Press. 

Geo. S. Merrill, Chairman, Commonwealth Building, Boston. 

Jos. B. Maccabe, Secretary, 32 Central Square, East Boston, ;\Iass. 
Wm. M. Olin, Custom House, Boston. 

W. Wallace Waugh, Home Journal, Boston. 

F. C. Browuell, Herald Office, Boston. 

Chas. B. Rohan, Globe Office, Boston. 

Weston F. Hutchins, Journal Office, Boston. 

Thomas F. Anderson, " The Journalist," Boston. 



46 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOUKTH 

Badges. 
Geo. H. Innis, Chairman, 657 Washinijton Street, Boston. 
Geo. W. Creasejs Secretary, Custom House, Boston. 
Richard F. Tobin, 74 Treraont Street, Boston. 

Geo. S. Merrill, Commonwealth Building, Boston. 

Geo. L. Goodale. 95 Commercial Street, Boston. 

Grand Stands. 
Geo. H. Innis, Chairman, 657 Washington Street, Boston. 
Chas. B. Rohan, Secretary, Globe Office, Boston. 
John H. Cook, Custom Ilonse, Boston. 
E. W. Hall, Lynn, Mass. 

C. N. Wallace, 133 Essex Street, Boston. 

Invitations. 
Hon. John D. Long, 5 Tremont Street, Boston. 

Geo. L. Goodale, Secretary, 95 Commercial Street, Boston. 
Silas A. Barton, 2A Beacon Street, Boston. 
John H. Cook. Custom House, Boston. 
Geo. H. Innis, 657 AVashington Street, Boston. 

Hon. E. S. Converse, 245 Causeway Street, Boston. 

Geo. S. Merrill, Commonwealth Building, Boston. 

James F. Meech, 26 Henry Avenue, Lynn, Mass. 
Wm. M. Olin, Custom House, Bostoi). 

As soon as this selection of co-laborers was finished the work 
comniencecl in earnest. Correspondence opened and letters from 
Posts and individuals all over the country began to pour in. The 
executive and other committees received upwards of six thousand 
letters, and an equal number was sent out. The greater portion 
of the correspondence came in the few weeks preceding the 
opening day of the Encampment. 

The experience which Chairman Goodale and Secretaiy 
Barton had derived from attendance at former gatherings was 
ispecially valuable to them at this time. They proceeded at once, 
with the assistance of other members of the executive committee 
and the chairmen of the sub-committees, to draw up a suitable 
plan of the campaign. First a sketch of the work to be done was 
made, and the whole scheme roughly outlined. As suggestions 
and possibilities were constantly brought up and adopted, the 
crude design soon gave place to a clear and symmetrical form ; all 
details were added, the plan completed ; and the committees were 
then given their lines of action, which they faithfully pursued : and 
the victory was won. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 47 

A large number of expert stenographers, clerks and messen- 
gers were employed at headquarters to facilitate the work. They 
consisted of the private secretary of Mr. Barton, Jesse Scribner, 
who, with Daniel J. Broderick and Edward E. Call, acted as chief 
stenographers ; Jacob W. Powell and W. S. Hastings, general 
stenographers ; Edward E. Palmer, George H. Teague, F. E. 
Ames, George H. Wheeler, Henry L. Warner, George A. Eaton 
and F. M. Doble, general clerks ; Royal B. A^^ight and John M. 
White, custodians ; Thomas J. Caine and Percy M. Adams, 
recording secretaries; George S. Innis, Jr., and Horace B. S. 
Teague, messengers. 

The illness of Secretary Barton, together with his heavy 
commercial cares, necessitated the emplo^nnent of an assistant 
secretary; B. N. Adams of Post GG, Medford, was engaged; and 
upon him devolved the task of carrying out tlie plans of tlie 
executive committee. 

The committee was in daily communication with the National 
Headquarters at Detroit, as it was necessary, in devising many of 
the details, to receive the advice and sanction of Gommander-in- 
Chief Alger. As the day drew near, the committees were pushed 
to the fullest extent of their capacities. It was found necessary 
to appoint auxiliary bodies to aid the sub-committees in order to 
complete the work in season, and these additional helpers rendered 
most valuable assistance. They were attached to the committees 
on entertainment, decorations, information and accommodations. 

In the preliminary arrangements ready money was needed. 
The finance committee had hardly taken the first steps in its duties 
before the daily expenses began to assume large proportions. 
Treasurer Converse, recognizing the exigencies of the hour, gen- 
erously advanced the necessary funds from his private purse : an 
act which Boston and the veterans will gratefully remember. 

Chairman Goodale's position gave him a leadership in the 
enterprise : and to him is due, in a great degree, the successful 
outcome of the Twenty-Fourth National Encampment. 

It would be impossible in this brief narration to give a com- 
plete account of the work performed by the executive connnittee. 
Details thereof would fill volumes, and much must and can be 
inferred ; only the greater features can be noticed. 



48 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOUUTH 

One of its most important aims was that of secnring the 
attendance of the Chief Magistrate of the nation. A committee 
consisting of Past Department Commander George L. Goodale, 
Comrade Eli W. Hall, commander of General Lander Post 5. 
of Lynn, representing the executive committee ; Department 
Commander George H. Innis, representing the Department of 
Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic; l*ast Department 
Commander Pichard F. Tobin, representing the city of Boston, 
and Adjutant-General Dalton, representing the State of Massa- 
chusetts, was appointed to personally wait upon the President and 
invite him to become the guest of the Encampment. 

The committee left Boston Monday afternoon, July 28, and 
reached Washington the following morning. They were met by 
Representative Cogswell, who accompanied the party to the White 
House, where they were received with marked kindness and 
cordiality by the President. The President's promise to be in 
Boston on the day of the parade was readily won. But he stated 
that, owing to the pressure and importance of his engagements, 
he could devote but one daj' to the occasion. The committee 
then called upon Vice-President Morton, who also assured them 
that he would be in Boston during the occasion of the grand 
parade. After a satisfactory interview with Acting-Secretary 
Soley of the navy in regard to the visit of the naval squadron to 
Boston, they departed for home, well pleased with the results of 
their joui-ney. 

From time to time the committee anxiously discussed the 
question of finance, apprehensive that the sum pledged and appro- 
priated would be insuflicient for its needs ; but the secretary kept 
a careful watch of financial matters, requiring from each com- 
mittee, at regular intervals, an estimate of its expenses ; and the 
work of preparation was pushed with renewed courage and vigor. 

It was the committee's ambition to do everything practicable 
for the happiness of the coming guests and to enhance the splen- 
dor of the occasion. The suggestion made by Captain Nathan 
Appleton, of Boston, that it would be an entertaining and impos- 
ing feature to have a naval display in the harbor during the 
Encampment, met with the unanimous approval of the committee, 
and by its direction the following communication was sent to the 
Secretary of the Navy, Hon. B. F. Tracy : — 



NATIONAL ENCAMr.AIENT OF THE G. A. K. 4U 

HKAi)QrAi!Ti:i;s 
National Encampment, G. A. R., fou 181)0. 
Boston, Julv 11. 18'JO. 
Hon. B. F. Tkacy, 

Sccretanj of the JVavt/, Washington, D. C. 

Dvitr Sir : It is intended by the executive committee of the Twenty- 
fourtli National Encanyjment, Grand Army of the Republic, tliat on 
the occasion of the assembling together of the veterans of this organ- 
ization in tills city in August next, no feasible or desirable feature 
Avhich shall add eclat to this great reunion shall be omitted from the 
))rogramine. 

The attention of this committee has been called to the United 
States naval squadron, now cruising in eastern waters, and the sugges- 
tion oft'ered that its presence in the hai'bor of Boston during the 
Encampment, and the firing of the salutes from its guns on the day of 
tile parade. August 12th, would add splendor to this grand national 
event. 

On this occasion will be present in Boston many tliousands of 
jieople from distant parts of the country, who have never seen a war 
ship ; and as the squadron mentioned comprises vessels of such a grand 
war history as that attaching to tlie noble Kearsarge and others, such a 
feature as its presence in our harbor during Encampment week Avould 
be especially interesting to the strangers, as well as inspiring to all. 

These suggestions were fully considered at the session of our 
committee of July 9th, and the following vote relative thereto was 
passed: — 

'• That the honoral}le Secretary of the Navy be requested by the 
executive committee of the TAventy-fourth National Encampment, Grand 
Army of the Republic, to detail the naval fleet, now cruising in eastern 
waters, to be present in Boston harbor on or before August lith, to 
remain there during the session of the Encampment ; and when the 
(irand Army begins its march through the streets of Boston, the com- 
manding otticer of the fleet, Admiral Gherardi, be authorized to flre a 
salute complimentary to the Encampment." 

The committee await such action upon this proposition and 
request as you may deem advisable to adopt. 

I have the honor to be, dear sir, respectfully yours, 

Geohge L. Goodale, 
Chairman Executive Committee. 

A commuuieatiou av:>s rcci'ived from Secretary Tracy. July 
l.j, stating that the North Athiiitic sqiiadrou would be ordered to 
Boston and remain in the harbor during the Encampiiu'iit. This 
message was the subject of general congratulation in Boston and 



50 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

to the veterans throughout the country who intended visiting 
Boston, and Chairman Goodale was warmly thanked for his 
successful efforts. 

But the chairman did not stop here in his naval programme, 
for on August 2d he sent a letter to the Navy Department, request- 
ing that on August Ifi, when the delegates were to have their 
harbor excursion, the squadron should give an exhibition of naval 
evolutions. This answer was received in reply : — 

Navy Dkp.vutmknt, 

Washington. A^l;.^ fi, 1800. 
Gkohge L. Goodale, Esq., 

Chairman of the Executive Committee. 

National Encampment, G. A. B.,f(>r 1S90. 
Drar Sir : Eepl}'ing to your letter of the 2d inst., in regard to 
evolutions of the ships of war the Ifith inst., I have to state that a copy 
of your letter has heen sent to Rear-Adniiral Gherardi. the Connnander- 
in-Chief of the North Atlantic station, with instructions to coini)ly with 
your wishes as far as may be practicable. 

Very respectfully. 

J. R. SOLEY, 

Acting Secretary of the Nnrij. 

The following comnumication was received from the Secretary 
of War : — 

WaU Dr.l'AUT.MKNT, OlKICK OK THE SeCRETAHY, 

Washington, Aug. 6, 1890. 
George L. Goodale, Esq., 

Chairman Executive Committee, 

National Encampment, G. A. li., 1890. 
Dear Sir: Your letter of August 2d has been received. In reply I 
have to say that an order will be given the Conunandant of Fort 
Warren to fire salutes, in accordance with your refpiest, on the occasion 
of the passage down the harbor of the steamboat containing the dele- 
gates and invited guests of the National Encampment. 

Very truly yours, 

Reoi ir.Li) PnocToK. 

The following telegram was received in connection with the 
preceding letters : — 

Washington, D. C, Aug. 7, 1890. 
George L. Goodale, 

Chairman Executive Committee, Boston, Mass. 

Have ordered Baltimore, Atlanta, Kearsarge, Yorktown, Dolphin. 

Petrel, Vesuvius and Cushiug. James R. Solev, 

Ac tine/ Secretary. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 51 

The following coiTespondeuce is self-explanatory : — 

Boston, July 19, 1890. 
Hon. Benjamin Harrison, 

President of the United States. 
Sir : The executive committee having- iu charge the arrangements 
of the Twenty-fourth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the 
Republic, to be held in Boston in August next, respectfully ask that all 
veteran soldiers and sailors in the employ of the government, who 
desire to attend the Encampment, who can be spared for that period 
without injury to the public service, be permitted to do so, and that the 
time between August 11 and 17, inclusive, be granted them in addition 
to the usual vacation allowed by the various departments. 
I have the honor to be j'our very obedient servant, 

George L. Goodale, 
Chairman Executive Committee. 

This is the reply received by Chairman Goodale : — 

Executive Mansion, 
Washington, D. C, July 2-i, 1890. 
To Chairman Executive Committee, 

National Encampment, G. A. I?. 
My Dear Sir: The matter referred to in your letter of the 19th 
inst. has already been brought to attention by the commander of the 
G. A. R. Post for this district, and those desiring to attend the Encamp- 
ment, Avho can be spared at that time, can make satisfactory arrange- 
ments with their chiefs or superior officers. A like rule will be observed 
by others in the emjiloy of the government, not in Washington. 

Very truly yours, 

E. W. Halford, 

Private Serrctanj. 

The executive committee sent a circular letter to the leading 
wholesale and retail merchants of Boston, requesting that they 
close their estal)lishments on August 12, the day of the parade, 
and an appeal was puljlished in the newspapers for a general 
holiday at that time. The request met with a general acceptance. 
Chairman (Toodale tlien turned his attention to the post ollice 
department in Boston, requesting that August 12 be observed as 
a holiday. The following correspondence resulted : — 



52 UNOFFICIAL PH(>( EKDIXGS TAVKNTY-FOIUTII 

Post Offick, Boston, Mass., July 25, 1890. 
Geouge L. Goodale, 

Chairman Executive Committee. 
Dear Sir : Enclosed please find a copy of a letter from the Tostmas- 
ter-General under date of July 23, inst., in reply to my indorsement of 
your communication, requesting that August 12th, proximo, be observed 
as a holiday by the post office in this city. 

Very respectfully, 

John M. Cokse, Fostmastfr. 

Office of the Post.mastkk-Gexekai.. 

Washington, D. C, July T6, IS'.IO. 

Dear Sir : I am in receipt of a communication from the chairman 
of the executive committee of the National Encampment, Grand Army of 
the Republic, in reference to closing the post office August 12, on the 
occasion of the general parade to be had in connection with said Encamp- 
ment, and note your endorsement thereon. 

In reply, permit me to sav that I do not think it Avould be wise to 
observe the day named as a holiday by the department to the extent of 
permitting your office to be closed as on a legal holiday. If you can, 
however, abridge the time necessary to do the Avork of the office satis- 
factorilj' to the patrons, or so arrange it as to allow those who actually 
wish to take part in thej)arade to do so, I can see no reason avIiv that 
may not be done. Very truly, 

John Wan.\makei{, 
General John M. Cousk, Boston. l'(»ttmaster-(: cnernl . 

The executive committee accepted the following as tlic oflicial 
programme of Encampment week : — 
Monday, Aug. 11, — IJecoptiou of visiting Posts. 
Tuesday, Aug. 12, 10 a.m. — Ciraml parade. 

8 P.M. — Grand joint reception to the Grand Army of the 

Republic and "Woman's Relief Corps, Mechanics Hall. 

Wednesday, Aug. 13, 10 a.m. — Opening of the Twenty-Eouith 

National Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic, 

Music Hall. 

10 a.m. — Opening of the Eighth Animal Convention, 

Woman's Relief Corps, Tremont Temple. 
10 a.m. — Opening of the Fourth National Convention of the 
Naval Veteran Association. Ikiiita's Hall. 

8 P.M. — Grand Army of the Republic camp-fire at Mechanics 
Hall. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. II. 53 

Thursday, Aug. 14, 10 a.m. — Adjourned meeting, Grand Army 
of the I\epul)lic. 
10 A.M. — Adjourned meeting. Woman's Relief Corps. 
8 P.M. — Grand banquet complimentary to the delegates of 
the Twenty-Fourth National Encampment, Grand Army 
of the Republic, together with invited guests, IJostoii 
city government and legislative committee, INIechanics 
Hall. 

Friday, Aug. 15, 9 a.m. — Grand Army of the Repul)lic and 
Woman's Relief Corps excursion to Plymouth. 

8 p. ::m. —Woman's Relief Corps camp-fire, Treinont Temple. 
SATUPiDAV, Aug. 16, 9 a.m. — Harbor excursion for the Grand 

Army of the Republic delegates and invited guests to 
■witness the evolutions of the naval squadron. 

9 a.m. — Excursion to Naliant for the Woman's Relief Corps. 



The executive committee supervised all expenditures. Debts 
could not be incurred without its consent and approval. ^Vll bills 
rendered came before it at its sessions, were read by the secretary, 
and on approval were handed to the auditors, by whom the}' were 
formally examined, approved and forwarded to the treasurer for 
payment. The auditors were Hon. C. C. Coffin, John H. Cook 
and George W. Creasey, all of them being members of the execu- 
tive committee. 

The funds of the Encampment, as they were paid in, were 
deposited in two banks and drew interest. The state turned over 
its appropriation to the treasurer without delay, on presentation 
of receipted vouchers, and the money given by the city was trans- 
ferred to the treasurer without formality. The city reser^-ed no 
portion of its appropriation ; the expenses of the reception and 
entertainment of its guests and of its reviewing stands were paid 
out of its own treasury. 

As will be seen b}' the statement here appended the outhi}^ by 
the committee was of small proportions compared with the mag- 
nitude of the preparations that were made. It renders an account 
of its stewardship as folloAvs : — 



54 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-EOIHTII 

ITEMS OF ENCAMPMENT FUND, VIZ. : 

Anionnt appropriated hy the State of 

Massachusetts 8.>0,()UU UO 

Amount appropriated by the City of 

Boston 20, 000 00 

Amount given uueouditionally by the 

citizens of Boston l.;,o.J2 00 

Net amount of fund guaranteed by 
citizens of Boston, 40% only 
having been called 1 7,.S(;r» 00 

Amount received from various sources, 
rent, interest, sale of otilce fur- 
nishings, stationery, etc. . . . o41 <i7 

siof;,4(;2 (JT 

PER CONTRA ACCOUNT. 

Amount disbursed for account of the 

executive committee .... S21,<j'J.'> 1)4* 
Expenses incurred by the committee 

on accommodations 23,047 86 

Expenses incurred by the committee 

on entertainments 11,824 33 

Expenses incurred by the committee 

on decorations 11,313 .'37 

P^xpenses incurred by the committee 

on badges 4,110 00 

Expenses incurred by the committee 

on parade . 1,072 0.') 

Expenses incurred by the committee 

on printing 4,091 .50 

Carried forivarrJ . .' . 887.1.")") 2."> 



*When the compilation of this volume was finished and it was ready for the 
printer, there was an unexpended balance in the treasury, the disposition of which 
the committee were unable to determine upon. As the cost of the UnolHcial Pro- 
ceedings and Souvenir could not be accurately ascertained in advance of their issue, 
it was deemed expedient, in order to balance tlie account, to charge the sum on hand 
in with the expenditures of the executive committee. When the final expenses are 
paid the disposal of the amount then remaining, should tliere be any. will be 
announced in the newspapers. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 55 

Broiigltf for/rard .... $87,155 25 

Expenses incurred by the comuiittee 

on reunions • loi 00 

Expenses incurred by the committee 

on grand stands 8,905 00 

Expenses incurred by the committee 

on transportation 27 00 

Expenses incurred by the committee 

on finance 231 81 

Expenses incurred by the committee 

on information 1,073 5(5 

Expenses incurred by the committee 

on press 12 00 

Payments on account of emergency 

hospital 350 85 

Amount reserved by the state from its 

appropriation of S5 0,000. 00 for 

decoration purposes and the recep- 
tion of its guests 804 20 

Returned to subscribers to guarantee 

fund, 40% of the gross amount, 

the same as called 17,869 00 

$106,4(52 67 



Tlie location of the headquarters of the executive committee 
was convenient and accessible, being contiguous to tlie great 
thoroughfares, Washington and Tremont Streets, and but a short 
distance from the railway stations. The rooms were commodious 
and pleasant. At all times of the day and late into the night 
they were thronged with Grand Army comrades, persons seeking 
information, sight-seers and curiosity-hunters. All visitors were 
courteously treated, and none departed dissatisfied or displeased 
for lack of attention. Every letter received was promptly and 
politely replied to. There was no neglect of any known difty, and 
the business daily transacted was of enormous proportions. IJut 
the close of each day found its work completed. 

The number of meetings held by the executive committee 
was fortv-eio;ht. The average attendance of mem1)ers at these 



56 UNOFFICIAL PROCKFDIXCS TWEXTY-FOIHTH 

meetings was eleven. The time eonsnined at all its sessions was 
seventj'-two lionrs : but this is a In-ief period compared with the time 
otherwise employed by the members on the business of the com- 
mittee and in the work of other connuittees. to which many of tin- 
executive body belongetl. The number of reports received from 
sub-committees and acted upon were sixty-eight. The number 
of votes passed were three hundred and eighty-nuic. 

During Encampment week the following members were 
assigned to duty at the Hotel A'endome, and the important busi- 
ness of the committee was transacted at that point: (ieorge L. 
Goodale, James F. Meech. Kli W. Hall, Charles ('arh-ton Collin. 
Fred G. King. 

Headquarters, 2A Beacon Street, were occupied until Septem- 
ber 30, by which date practicalh' all the business was completed. 
The only unfinished matters were the adjustment and payment of 
a few bills and the compilation of the iniollicial proceedings of 
the Encampment. Subsequent meetings wei'e held at the otlice of 
Past Commander-in-Chief George S. Merrill, in Commonwealth 
Building, and at the State House. 

At the meeting held at headquarters, August 1<S, l-'dH), it 
was voted that five members be appointed to draft resolutions to 
the United States, state and city governments, embodying 
expressions of the committee's appreciation and thanks for the 
great favors each had accorded the Encampment. 

At the meeting held in Commonwealth Building, August 27, 
1890, it was voted : — 

"That a committee of one be appointed to compile the 
unofficial proceedings of the Encampment, and forward them to 
the former national headquarters at Detroit, to be appended to the 
official journal in com-se of preparation by Past Adjutant-^ General 
Hopkins, and that Assistant-Secretary B. N. Adams be elected 
to perform this work." 

It was also voted that Chairman George L. Goodale, George 
S. Meiiill and George "W. Creasey be constituted a committee to 
devise, and report at the next meeting, a form of souvenir to be 
presented to persons who in any way contributed to the success 
of the Encampment. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 



57 



At a meeting held at the State House, December (I, ISIM), 
the souvenir committee reported at length and made a series of 
recommendations ; and, at the request of said committee, their 
report was accepted and the committee discharged ; and it was 
then voted that James F. INIeech, Charles Carleton Coffin and 
Assistant- Secretary B. N. Adams be appointed a special com- 
mittee to prepare and issue the souvenir volume, Avith full powers. 

The amenities of the sessions gave to them a charm and exhila- 
ration that lightened the heavj^ cares and burdens resting upon the 
committee, and rendered them seasons of pleasant anticipation. 

The only break in its membership that occurred, and its only 
visitation of gloom, was in the untimely death of Comrade Richard 
F. Tobin. This was a heavy blow to the committee as a l)ody 
and to all its members individually, for each claimed him as a 
beloved personal friend. He was a comrade, tried and true, and 
a noble, honorable man, whose judgment, impulses and ever}' 
action were governed b}' his love of right and truth and justice. 



58 



UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOLRTH 



FINANCE AND ACCOMMODATIONS. 



THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. 



OXK of the most important committees of the National En- 
campment, and one which can be said to have properly fur- 
nished the groundwork whereby the work of all the other committees 
was made possible, was the committee on finance. Its organiza- 
tion was one of the first steps taken by the executive committee, 
as the responsible task of raising the needful funds to prosecute 
and carry out the great features contemplated, could not be 
considered otherwise than as a serious problem. 

It was necessary that the finance committee should be com- 
posed of men whose very names were synonymous with integrity 
and financial soundness ; and, with this end in view, the co-opera- 
tion of gentlemen of eminent business and professional reputation 
was secured. 

The full committee consisted of the following named gentle- 
men : — 

Edward H. Haskell, Chairman. 

E. W. Kinsley. 
Chas. H. Taylor. 
A. Shuman. 
George 0. Carpenter. 
Asa P. Potter. 
S. B. Newton. 
W. T. Van Nostrand. 
Ephraim Stearns. 
AV. W. Kellett. 
C. A. Jones. 
H. W. Huguley. 
S. Henry Skilton. 

F. W. Breed. 
Chas. Weil. 
E. Rollins Morse. 
W. W. Clapp. 
Wm. A. Haskell. 



A. C. Masury. 

Samuel Hobbs. 

G. D. Gilman. 

N. J. Rust. 

John C. Randall. 

Joel Goldthwait. 

F. F. Emery. 

H. O. Aldrich. 

Benj. F. Hunt. 

Thos. E. Barker. 

Frank J. Pope. 

Spencer W. Richardson. 

E. H. Woods. 

E. V. Mitchell. 

Jno. C. Haynes. 

Levi C. Wade. 

Wm. S. Pratt. 



II. G. Kemp. 
Eben D. Jordan. 
J. N. North. 
E. C. Johnson. 
W. A. Tower. 
J. S. Paine. 
Howard W. Spurr. 
Jacob P. Bates. 
W. P. Shreve. 
A. L. Newman. 
R. 1). Evans. 
A. W. Beard. 
Henry G. Parker. 
R. F. Barrett. 
John Carr. 
J. H. Freeland. 
-M. R. Warren. 



NATIONAL ENCAMrMENT OF THE G. A. K. 59 

The important position of chairman of this committee was 
nnanimonsly tendered to Col. Edward H. Haskell, who felt com- 
pelled at first, on the account of the pressure of his business affairs, 
to decline such an important trust, but afterwards accepted it and 
entered upon its duties. 

The committee held several meetings during the early part of 
the year, perfecting its organization and discussing the best 
methods in which to proceed in raising needed funds. 

As the State of Massachusetts and the City of Boston had 
cordially joined with the Department of Massachusetts, G. A. R., 
in extending an invitation to the National Encampment of the 
year previous, to make Massachusetts and Boston its honored 
assembling place, it was decided that the state and city govern- 
ments should be asked to contribute towards the financial success 
of the undertaking, by such an appropriation as would be in 
accordance with the importance of the occasion and the dignity of 
their respective governments. 

The result was that an appropriation of SoO,OUO was secured 
from the state, and $25,000 from the city, by 'the unanimous action 
of each government. 

In response to the request of the chairman of the finance 
committee, the executive committee, through a sub-committee 
appointed on estimates, reported that, in their judgment, the 
expenses of the Encampment would be in the vicinity of $100,000. 

While the action of the state and city authorities had been to 
a certain extent anticipated, it was early determined that the 
importance of the great occasion, and the honor and dignit}' of 
tlie city of Boston, required the raising of a further amount to 
guarantee its financial success, by a contribution from the mer- 
chants and citizens. 

The next action of the connnittee was to determine as to 
whom this appeal for funds should be made ; and it was unani- 
mously agreed that as the state would be likely, in behalf of all 
our people, to make a suitable appropriation, and as the celebra- 
tion was to be largely local in its character, and confined to the 
city of Boston, no private ^nlbscription should be solicited except 
from the merchants and citizens of Boston. This position was 
endorsed by the public sentiment as well as by the generous 
subscriptions received. 



60 INOKIICIAL VHOGKEDINGS TWENTY- KorRTH 

It was elecidfd that au effort should Ije made to raise a guarantee 
fund of 6100,000, the subscribers to which should be called upon to 
pa}' such a percentage of their subscriptions, pro rata, as might be 
needed to defray' the expenses of the entertainment after the state 
and city appropriations had been used, with an additional proviso 
that such merchants and citizens who preferred to make an outi'ight 
gift of this in lieu of uniting in the guarantee fund should indi- 
cate such desire at the time of making their subscriptions. 

In accordance with the suggestion of the chairman of the 
X'ommittee, au appeal was then prepared and issued through the 
press as follows : — 

Headqltakteks 
National Encampment, G. A. E., for 1890. 
Boston, June 25, 1890. 

To the Citizens of Boston: In response to a most cordial invitation 
from the veterans of Massachusetts, warmlj^ seconded by our state and 
city officials, the Grand Army of the Republic have honored this city as 
the gathering place of the coming National Encampment. 

Occurring upon the 2oth anniversary of the year made memorable 
at Appomattox by the close of the war, this great gathering of the 
veterans of our country, led by many of their great captains, who 
achieved the highest distinction and the lasting gratitude of tlieir 
countrymen, promises to be a most eventful occasion in the history of 
our city. 

To a state and city whose reputation became liistoric through all 
the darlv and trying scenes of the war, by the quick, responsive loyalty 
of her people and ])y the generous outpouring of her treasure, such an 
event as this will appeal at once to our citizens, as an opportunity for 
grateful recognition of the services of the Grand Army. 

To carry out this celebration Avith a dignity commensurate with 
its national importance, and in keeping with the reputation of our city 
for hospitality and public spirit, will necessitate a large expense. The 
committee, therefore, appeal to all our citizens to contribute, in as 
generous a manner as possible, toward securing a guarantee fund of at 
least $100,000 to meet any deficit not covered by the state and city appro- 
priations. 

All such subscriptions or gifts will be gratefully appreciated and 
acknowledged through the press, and may be sent to the chairman of the 
finance committee, at above address. 

In behalf of the finance committee, 

Edward II. Haskell, 

Chairman. 



NATIONAL ENCAMrMENT OF THE (i. A. K. 



61 



The response to the appeal of the eouiiuittee, and the solici- 
tations of the snli-committees was prompt and liberal, so much so 
that the first announcement of the committee showed a subscription 
of $2"), 010 to the guarantee fund, and S.'),12.") to the gift fund. 
From that time on the work of the committee was constant and 
unremitting, until they Avere able to gratefully acknowledge, on 
the opening day of the Encampment, the receipt of subscriptions 
to the amount of $44,5('.r) to the guarantee fund, and ^lo.TC^ 
to the gift fund. 

Tlie followino- are the names of the 



sri'.SCKIBEKS TO THE (iUAKANTEE FUND. 



AndreAV, John F. $J00 

Ames, Oliver 500 

Ames, Fred L. 500 

Andrews & Co., .Tolni A. 100 

Atkhis & Co., E. 100 

Allen, Lane & Co. 100 

Alden & Co., Geo. A. 100 

Andrews, E. Jones 10 

Adams House 500 

American House 100 

Boston Globe 500 

Boston Herald 500 

Boston Transcript 500 

Boston Advertiser 250 

Boston Record 250 

Balser & Co., Walter 500 

Beat, Higgins & Henderson 250 

Bliss, Fabyan & Co. 250 

Butler & Co., W. S. 250 

Bigelow, Kennard & Co. 150 
Brewster, Cobb and Esta- 

brook 100 

Blake & Stearns 100 
Barnes, Hutchinson ^^ Tierce 100 

Bradford, Thomas .^o Co. 100 

B03'd, Leeds & Co. 50 

Briggs, Shattuck & Co. 50 

Barbour Bros. Co., The 100 

Brown, Durrell & Co. 100 

Bouve, Crawford & Co. 100 



Bird & Co., J. A. & W. 
Boston Bolt Co. 
Brunswick Hotel 
Brigham & Co., R. B. 
Bell & Co., Wm. G. 
Bailey, Chas. 11. 
Ball, Edwin A. 
Boston & Albany R.R. Co. 
Boston & Maine R.R. Co. 
Boston, Revere Beach & 

Lynn R.R. 
Bent & Co., G. W. 
Burnham, L. G. & Co. 

Converse, E. S. 
Clapp, CM. 

Gushing, Olmsted >5c Snow 
Chandler & Co. 
Cobb, Bates >.<: Yerxa 
Chase & Sanborn 
Cobb, Aldrich & Co. 
Converse, Stanton & CuUen 
Case, Dudley & Battelle 
Carter, Rice & Co. 
Conant .^ Co., E. S. 
Crocker, Eldridge & Co. 
Carter & Co., John 
Crosby Steam Gage & 

Valve Co. 
Crosby & Son, C. A. W. 
Clark, Edward E. 



50 
10 

.JOI) 

25 

25 

20 

5 

.000 

,000 

250 



(_l0i> 
250 
200 
] 00 
1 (10 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
25 
25 
100 

100 



G2 



INOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 



Cutter Tower Co. , The 25 

Coon & Co., Howard 10 

Cleveland, Brown & Co. 50 

Curtis, L. H. 20 

Chandler & Co., J. G. 5 

Cotting. Chas. IT. 100 

Cutler Bros. & Co. 100 

Carter, Carter & Kilhani 100 

Clark's Hotel 50 

Coolidsre House 50 

Chandler & Farquhar 10 

Curtis & Co. 50 

Coy, Alonzo 10 

Ditson Co., Oliver 500 

Dennison Mfg. Co. 500 

Draper & Sons, Geo. 250 

Dana & Co., Thomas 100 

Dwinell. Hay ward & Co. 100 

Danforth, Clark & Co. 100 

DAvight, Edmund . 100 

Denny, Poor & Co. 100 

Denny, Rice & Co. 100 

Doane & Co., Francis 25 

Davis & Co., J. Alba 25 

Dickerman & Co., Geo. H. 50 

Davis & Co., Curtis 100 

Davis ,.<: Son, James C. 25 

Dyer & Co., L. M. 50 

Dunbar, D. A. 25 

Deane & Co., J. M. 100 

Evans, R. D. 300 

Frceland, Loomis & Co. 500 

Fenno & Co., Isaac 500 

Faulkner, Page & Co. 250 

Fenno ^Vc Co., Geo. A. 100 

Frost >t Co., Rufus S. 100 

Field, Thayer Mfg. Co. 100 

Fowle, Cobb & Pearson Kio 

Fillebrown & Co., C. B. loo 

Foster & Co., F. A. 50 

French & Co., Abram 50 

Fay & Co., Temple R. 25 

Frost & Adams 25 



Farlow, Geo. A. 50 

Falmouth House 25 

Fletcher, J. V, 50 

Farnum & Co. 25 

Green & Co., Chas. 100 

Gowing, Sawyer & Co. 100 

Globe Clothing Store 50 

Gay & Co., Aaron R. 25 

Groom & Co., Thomas 25 
Greenough, Hopkins & 

Gushing 25 

Gilman, John D. 25 

Goodwin & Co., Geo. C. 100 

Gilman Brothers 50 

Goodnow & Wightman 15 

Gass, Doe & Co. 50 

Glover i!t Willcomb 50 

Gay & Parker Co. 25 

Hovey& Co., C. F. 1,000 

Hawley, Folsom & Martin 250 

Harding, Whitman & Co. 250 

Houghton, Dutton & Co. 200 

Hollander & Co., L. P. 200 

Hall & Co., Martin L. 100 

Hill, Clarke & Co. 100 

Hyde & Southworth 50 

Haskell & Adams 50 

Hayes & Co., James A. 25 

Hecht Brothers & Co. 100 

Hobbs & Co. , Samuel 25 

Homer & Hammond 25 

Hall, W. E. 5 

Hall, Henry 5 

Hildreth, Chas. W. 5 

Haskell, Edward H. 100 

Hall ,.<: Co., Dudley 25 

Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 100 

Haskell & Son, A. L. 100 

Hall & Cole 25 

Hirsh & Park 10 

Jordan, Marsh & Co. 1,000 

Joy, Langdon & Co. 100 

Johnson «S: Co., H. A. 10 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMKNT OK THE G. A. R. 



63 



Jones, McDuftee oi Stratton 50 

Jones, B. M. 25 

Jones ct Co., C. L. 100 

Johnson, Benjamin 50 



Kelley .<: Co., Tlionias 


100 


Kemp & Son. Lysancler 


25 


Kellett, W. W.' 


100 


Lovell & Sons, .John 1'. 


201) 


Lodge, Henry Cabot 


100 


Lovett, Hart & Phipps 


100 


Lewis, J. H. 


25 


Leonard, George 


10 


Lockwood, R. & P. C. 


100 


Luce >5c Manning 


100 


Little, Samuel 


100 


Lincoln, Beza 


25 


Langham House 


50 


Lee & Shepard 


25 


Leonard, Samuel S. 


50 


Lawrence >.<: Co., H. S. 


50 


Miner, Beal oi Hackett 


500 


-Macullar. Parker & Co. 


500 


Morse i!i Co., Leopold 


500 


Mitchell, E. V. 


500 


Moody & Co., Chas. E. 


100 


Minot, Hooper & Co. 


100 


Maynard & Co., F. D. 


50 


Monroe & Co., I. W. 


25 


Mason & Hamlin 


100 


Murphy & Co. 


25 


McFarlin, Geo. R. 


25 


3Iay, Joseph 


25 


Myrick >!t Drake 


5 


Morse, Edwin F. 


5 


Metropolitan House 


50 


Morse, A. S. 


10 


Nash, Spaulding & Co. 


100 


Nickerson, A. W. 


100 


Nickerson & Co., J. F. 


25 


Nash & Co. 


25 


Nichols, Dupee ..<: Co. 


100 


Norcross, ^lellen >!i Co. 


2."> 



Norton, Will B. 5 

North Packing & Provi- 
sion Co. 100 

New York & New England 

R.R. 2,000 

Nash, Walter 25 

Oak Grove Farm Co. 100 

Old Colony R.R. 1,000 

Osgood & Co., Chas. E. 100 

Peavey & Brothers, J. 2(iO 

Pierce & Co., S. S. loO 

Peirce & Co., Silas 100 

Parker, Wilder & Co. 100 

Parker, Holmes & Co. 100 

Pulsifer, Jordan & Pfafl" Kio 

Pinkham, Theodore loo 

Plymouth Rock Pants Co. 100 

Parmenter, W. H. 50 

Pierce, Nathaniel W. 25 

Paige, John C. 100 

Park House 50 

Russell Paper Co. 200 

Rhodes, Ripley & Co. 100 

Rice, Kendall >i Co. 100 

Rothwell & Co., James 100 

Rand & Crane 50 

Reed & Brother 50 

Robinson Engraving Co. 25 

Revere House 100 

Read & Sons, William 100 
Rust & Richardson Drug Co. 100 

Ross, Turner & Co. 100 

Reynolds Hotel 50 

Shepard, Norwell ^<: Co. 500 

Shuman & Co., A. 500 

Standard Clothing Co. 500 

Stearns & Co., R. H. 300 

Simons, Hatch & Whitten 250 

Smith. Whiting ^M: Connoi- 200 

Shreve, Crump 6c Low 150 

Spitz Bros. & Mork loo 

Spurr & Co., Howard W. loo 



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i:X(JFl-lCIAL PKOCEEDINGS TWENTY- KOUKTH 



Sleeper & Co., S. S. 


KM) 


Saville, Somes & Co. 


1<)(J 


Sticknej' & Poor 


100 


Sa-\vyer, Mauuing & Co. 


100 


Smith, Hogg- & Gardner 


loo 


SaAvtell & Co., A. 


.50 


Swain, Earle & Co. 


oO 


Sears & Co. 


10 


Stimpson & Co. 


100 


Stoughton Rubber Co. 


1 00 


Spencer, A. W. 


100 


Strachan, Wm. M. 


10 


Stalker & Co. 


5 


Sherman House 


.10 


SAvift Bros. & Co. 


100 


Swan & Newton 


50 


Sturtevant & Haley 


2.5 


Sands, Furber & Co. 


25 



Tower, Giddlngs & Co. 500 

Talbot, Wilmarth & Co. 100 
Thompson, Willis & Moultou 100 

Train, Smith & Co. 100 
Tileston & Holliugsworth 

Co. 100 

Temple, Henry M. 10 

Thorndike Hotel 100 



Vendome Hotel 500 

Victoria Hotel 250 

White & Co., R. H. COO 

Whitten, Burdett & Young 500 

Weeks & Potter 500 

Weil, Dreyfus & Co. 250 
Wheelwright, Eldridge & Co. 200 

Warren & Co., S. D. 200 

Wade, Levi C. 100 

Wason, Peirce & Co. 100 

Winslow, Rand & Watson 50 

Whiting & Co., I. O. 50 

Weeks & Co., Geo. H. 25 

Washburn Credit House 25 

Wilder & Co. 100 

Warren & Co., M. C. 100 

Walker & Pratt Mfg. Co. 100 

Williams & Coburn 100 

Williams & Co., Alex. 50 

Warren, M. R. « 25 

Winkley, Dresser & Co. 25 

Ward Co., Samuel 25 

Whittemore & Co., J. M. 25 

Wiggins & Sons, Charles E. 25 

Whitney, Edward 100 

Wise, Daniel P. 25 

Winthrop House 50 



SUBSCRIBERS TO THE GIFT FUND. 



Alley Brothers & Place 
Allen, Bradley & Co. 
American Powder Mills 
Ancient & Honorable Artil 

lery Co. 
Arey, Maddock & Locke 
Armstrong Transfer Express 

Co. 100 



100 
50 
15 



100 
50 



Buchanan & Lyall 
Batchelder & Lincoln 
Byam, E. G. 
Bent, E. & J. S. 
Brackett & Co., W. D. 
Brooks & Co. 
Barta & Co., L. 
Berwick & Smith 



50 
100 



15 
50 



Boston Journal 100 

Breed, Francis W. 100 

Boston Lead Mfg. Co. 100 

Bailey & Rankin 50 



Clapp, W. W. 100 

Claflin, Coburn & Co. 100 

Carpenter & Son, G. O. 50 

Chi]imay & Co., W. H. 100 



NATIONAL K.NCAMI'JtENT OK TIIK (i. A. K. 



G5 



Carter, Chas. M. 
CoAvdrey Coinpan.v, E. T. 
Colbnrn, Fuller & Co. 
Chase, Merritt & Co. 
Copeland, Daniel T. 
Cnnio. A. 

Carrutli & Co., Xatlian F. 
Cobimi & Co., H. B. 
Cheever, David W., Dr. 
Cheeney. E. P. 
Crocker, Geo. A. 
Chase & Barstow 
Crawford House 
Cuiiiuiings Frinting Co., J. A 
Cash 
Clafliu & Co., \y. II. 



Devens. Clias. 

Dunn. Green & Co. 

Dudley, Myron S. 

Dover Stamping Co. 

Dixwell, Arthur 

Davis Shoe Co. 

Dizer & Co., M. C. 

Dodd, Henry W. 

DeWolfe, Fiske & Co. 10 

Doliber-Goodale Co. 100 



.")() 


Gore. Fred S. 


10 


2."i 


Gillespie, J. Y. 


5 


KM) 


Gregory, F. W. 


10 


."(O 


Guild & Son, Henry 


■'.5 


10 


Glen Mfg. Co. 


100 


T) 


Gross, Chas. E. 


5 


20 
20 
10 


Ginn & Co. 


25 


Hougliton, Coolidge ^''Co. 


100 


100 


Hartley & Co., H. A. 


1 00 


nO 


Hollingsworth & Whitney 




25 


Co. 


100 


2.-) 


Harwood Bros. 


25 


10 


Huguley & Co., H. W. 


100 


2.'> 


Howes, Elizabeth 


100 


2.-> 


HatlKiway, Soule & Harring- 






ton 


100 


lOi) 


Ilosnier, Codding & Co. 


50 


100 


Holmes, A. S. 


25 


1 


Hull & Co., ('. E. 


5 


2."> 


Hill. L. M. T. 


5 


20 


Howland & Co., Frank 


5 


100 


Higgins, Snow & Co. 


25 


'.50 


Homer Bros. 


25 


50 


Heath & Co. 


.-, 



Ivers & Pond Fiano Co. 



100 



Emery, F. F. 
Eaton, Chas. S. 
Ellis, Geo. H. 

Fogg, Geo. O. 
Frost & Dearl)orn 
Foss, J. W. 
Fitehburg R.R. 
Fleming & Co.. E. 
Ford. D. S. 
Foster, E. W. 
Fuller, Dana & Fitz 
Field, BuUivant & Field 

Goldthwait & Co., Joel 
Goodyear Shoe and Ma- 
chinery Co. 
Goulding, William 



100 
10 
10 

10 

10 

5 

1,000 

10 



100 



50 



100 



100 
20 



.Tacksou, :Mandell & Daniell 100 

Jewell X: Co., Edward 50 

Kettell & Blake 25 

Kinsley, E. W. 25 

Kinsley, C. A. 25 

Leeson & Co., J. K. loO 

Lally & Collins 25 

Leonard, G. H. 25 

Loring & Avery loo 

Lodge, J. EUerton 50 

Leach & Green 25 

Lowe, Louis G. 25 

Leacli, Shewell & Sanborn 5 

Morse, Elijah A. 100 

Masurv, Young & Co. 25 



6G 



INOFFICIAL I'KOCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 



Munroe Felt & Paper Co. 50 
MaAvhinney & Co.. H. H. 100 
McDonald, Perkins & Co. 25 
Moody, Geo. W. 1 
Marble. Jerome & Co. 25 
"M. &Son" 50 
Moody, Estabrook & Ander- 
son 100 
Marshall, I. W. S. 25 
Mndge, F. H. 10 
Moses, Merrill 5 
Mellen, Bray & Co. 100 
Morrill Bros. & Co. 25 

New England BreAvers' As- 
sociation 2,500 
New England Felt Kooflng Co. 50 

Noyes Bros. 25 

Nantasket Beach 100 

Nichols, Farnsworth & Co. 25 

Noonan & Co., T. B. 5 

O'Callaghan & Co., Thomas 100 

O'Reilly. John Boyle 50 

Ober, Louis P. 25 

Osgood, John Felt 25 

Potter, Asa P. 100 

Paine, J. S. 100 

Potter, White & Bayley 100 

Pray, Sons & Co., John H. 100 

Peabody & Whitney 10 

Pope & Co., Arthur W. 50 

Percival & Co., D. C. 25 

Parker & Co., C. W. 10 

Prouty & Co., Isaac 50 

Pillsbury, Albert E. 15 

Peabody, S. Endicott 25 

Proctor, Hunt & Co. 50 

Parkhill& Co., S. J. 5 

Phillips, Mrs. John C. 50 

Rice & Co., N. W. 100 

Rice & Hntchins 100 

Ray, John J. 25 

Richards & Co., Geo. H., Jr. 25 

Rich, Sewell W. 5 

Rand, Arnold A. 25 

Rogers, Wood, Loring & Co. 50 



Richardson, Spencer W. 100 

Roberts Bros. 25 

Rousmaniere, Williams &Co. 25 

Rockwell & Churchill 10 

Ripley, Thomas W. 5 

Stearns Lumber Co., A. T. 50 

Stone & Forsyth 25 

Savage, King & Co. 25 

Seccomb, Kehew & Sons 25 

Speare's Sons & Co., Alden 25 

Spaulding & Tewksbury 50 

Sawyer, A. A. 5 

Storer, D. Humphreys 25 

Swan, William W. 10 

Stowell & Co., A. 50 

Sawyer & Son, N. 25 

Silver, Burdett & Co. 10 

Searle, F. A. 5 

Sherwin, Edward 10 

Sands & Leckie 50 

Sewing Machine Supplies Co. 5 



Torrey, Bright & Capen 


100 


Trull, John 


50 


Tapley & Co., Amos P. 


50 


Thompson, Brown & Co. 


10 


Underhay & Co. 


5 


Vacuum Oil Co. 


25 



Vinai & Co., J. W. 5 

West End Street R.R. Co. 1,500 

Weston & Bigelow 10 

Whiting, William B. 25 

Ware & Sons, Leonard 25 

Winthrop, Robert C. 100 

White & Co., Thomas 100 

Wolcott, J. Huntington 25 

Wolcott, Roger 25 

Wright & Ditson 25 

Whicher & Co., T. A. 50 
Wright & Potter Printing Co. 25 

Woodbury, Robert S. 500 

White Sewing Machine Co. 25 



Young, Frank L. 



10 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. U. 67 

Anticipating tiiat tiie expense of the great undertaking would 
necessitate an earl}- call upon the guarantee fund, the executive 
committee instructed the committee on finance, at the opening 
week of the Encampment, to call for 40 percent, of the sul)serip- 
tion, which was promptl}'^ sent in by the subscribers. 

The greater portion of the work of the finance connnittee fell 
upon Col. Haskell. His wide acquaintance among the citizens of 
Boston was invaluable to him in this position. He knew those 
who alwaj's contribute liberally to worthy objects, and the financial 
success of the Encami)inent in no small measure was due to his 
personal efforts. 

At a meeting of the executive committee held December 9, 
1890, it was reported that there was $12,132.65 in the hands of 
the treasurer, irrespective of the guarantee fund, from which to 
pay any outstanding indebtedness and for the expense of publish- 
ing the unofficial proceedings. 

Chairman Haskell stated, as a matter of commendation, that 
981 per cent, of all the subscriptions were paid within a week from 
the time of the call, and that the delay of the balance was due 
solely to the fact that the subscribers had gone on vacations, but 
that the sums were paid immediately on their return. 

On motion of Comrade Creasey it was voted to return to the 
subscribers of guarantee fund their several subscriptions. 

As a result of this action on the part of the executive com- 
mittee, a meeting of the finance committee was called at the office 
of A. >Shuman & Co., December 15, when it was unanimousl}' 
voted that the action of the executive committee, to refund to 
the subscribers of the guarantee fund the entire amount of their 
subscriptions, be approved and the instructions carried out, and 
that the following circular be sent to eabh subscriber : — 

National Encampment, G. A. R., fou 18U0. 

Headquarters Executive Committee. 

Boston, Dec. 15, 1890. 

Dear Sirs: It gives us great pleasure, in behalf of the executive and 
finance committees of the National Encampment, Grand Army of the 
Repul)lic. for 1890, to enclose to you the accompanying check, covering 
your subscription to the guarantee fund, which you so kindly and 
promptly forwarded to the finance committee during the Encampment. 



68 INOFFICIAL PHOCEEDIXGS TWKNTY-FOUKTII 

It is a matter of great satisfaction to be al)le to announce, notAvith- 
stancling the extreme liberality with which everj' feature of this great 
reunion of the veterans of the war was conducted, that the expenditures 
in connection with that memorable occasion have been confined within 
such limits as to make a resort to the guarantee fund unnecessarj'. 

With a most grateful recognition of the munificent appropriations 
contributed b}' our honored state and city governments, and which were 
so handsomely supplemented by other generous gifts from many of our 
citizens, and with the assurance of the most grateful appreciation of the 
hearty and spontaneous contributions of every nature, which made it 
possible for the Grand Army of the Republic of the Department of Mas- 
sachusetts to extend so lavish a hospitality to the great body of veterans 
Avho were our guests on that occasion, we have the honor to remain, 
yours verj^ respectfully. 

In behalf of the finance committee, 

Edward H. Haskell. Chairman- 
In behalf of the executive committee, 

Elisha S. Converse, Treasurer. 

Mr. A. Shumau presented the following resolution, which 
was iinauiniously adopted, and subscribed by the following gen- 
tlemen present at the meeting : A. Shuman, Edward C. John- 
son, Jacob P. Bates, A. C. Masury, Gorham D. Gilman. Charles 
Weil, Ephraim Stearns, James H. Freeland, Howard W. Spurr, 
William W. Kellett, W. T. Van Nostrand, and which was after- 
ward subscribed to by every member of the committee. 

Besolved, The success of the Twenty-fourth National Encamp- 
ment of the Grand Army of the Republic is now a matter of history, and 
the memory of the grand reception to the assembled veterans from all 
parts of the country wiU live in the hearts of all who were fortunate 
enough to participate in the festivities of the occasion, so long as life 
shall last. 

It is a well-known fact that the admirably arranged system of 
the executive committee — whereby every detail Avas looked after and 
nothing omitted or left undone — made it possible for Boston to outdo 
every other city that had ever entertained the Grand Army as its guests. 
The culmination was brought about by our men of brains and genius, 
headed by men of great executive ability and energy ; and we attribute 
to Colonel Haskell the credit of being one of the foremost in zeal, 
enthusiasm and that pure essence of public spirit that achieves the 
greatest success in all that appertains to the credit of our city. Colonel 
Haskell devoted unlimited time, taken from his hours of private business 
interests, and gave it to the interests of Boston's celebration. 



NATIONAL KN( AMI'MKNT OF TIIK (,. A. U. 09 

As a part of the result of liis earnest and untirinu' efforts, in co- 
operation Avitli others, the state and city made generous api)roi)riations, 
and he has the satisfaction of seeinsi', wliat is rare in tl\c annals of dis- 
bursement of funds for great nndertal\inos, the return to tlie guarantors, 
as has just been done b\- unanimous vote, of the entire amount called for 
on their several subscriptions. It is therefore, 

B<'t>oJKed, That the meml)ers of the finance committee of the 
National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Repnl)lic do extend to 
Colonel Edward H. Haskell, their efficient chairman, their hearty and 
impartial thanks for the conscientious manner in which he has dij^charged 
the onerous duties Avhich devolved upon him, and for Ids untlagging zeal 
aud energy iu the attainment of funds -wherewith to cai-ry on a celebra- 
tion that Avent to make up one of the grandest events in the history of 
our city. 



THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOMMODATIONS. 

As its imino implies, tlie comiuittee on aecoiiimoilations was 
not only one of great importance, but also one with a vast 
amount of work on its hands. The scope of the committee's work 
contemplated providing accommodations for sleeping, and the 
sitbsistence of two hundred thousand or more veterans and 
visitors for a week or longer, the securing of halls for reunions, 
camp-fires, and headquarters for forty- four state departments, 
making arrangements at the hotels for the entertainment of the 
Grand Army leaders and distinguished guests, and attending 
persoualh^ to all the details connected with such duties. 

(Quarters were needed for entire Posts, societies, delegations, 
individuals, men and their wives, children and companions. Even 
the task of insuring three good, wholesome meals a day was in 
itself no sinecure. 



70 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

These gentlemen constituted the committee : — 

Harrison Hume, Chairman. George L. Goodaie. 

B. Read Wales, Secretary. W. D. Park. 

Thomas Langlan. John D. Billings. 

Augustine Sanderson. Charles B. Rohan. 

F. C. Brownell. Charles D. White. 

M. T. Donohue. James W. Broadbine. 

Theo. Leutz. Albert S. BusAvell. 

Charles D'W. Marcy. Charles C. Adams. 

Charles B. Fox. Charles E. Hapgood. 
M. C. Grant. 

The first meeting of the committee was held January 4., at 
which B. Read Wales was elected secretary. The first business 
was the matter of hotel accommodations, and it was voted that 
the proprietors of hotels be requested to present themselves at the 
next meeting. 

It being evident that a camp Avould not be feasible, immediate 
steps were taken towards securing halls suitable for accommoda- 
tions, and this matter was placed in the hands of Chairman Hume 
with full powers. Music Hall, Tremont Temple, Horticultural 
Hall and various other small halls were secured, and the use of 
Faneuil Hall was granted by the city. The hotels were assigned 
to the different members of the committee, to be visited by them, 
with the result that nearly all the proprietors promised to furnish 
what accommodations would be needed. 

Late in January a letter was received from Heniy Cabot 
Lodge, M. C, enclosing a tender from Secretary Tracy of the 
lofts in the Charlestown Navy Yard. In February, Mechanics 
Institute was engaged for four days. A contract was made with 
A. L. Haskell & Son for 10,000 mattresses, with the privilege of 
making the order 20,000. Mr. E. A. Palmer was engaged 
as clerk, and a set of books opened, containing a list of 
boarding houses and hotels which would accommodate visitors, 
and a canvasser employed to visit the different parts of the city 
to solicit accommodations. 

The next matter to be considered was that of catering. 
A contract was made with Mr. F. W. Flower to furnish, at the 
price of twenty-five cents, the following bill of fare : Boiled 



NATIONAL EN'CAAIPMENT OK THK <i. A. \i. I 1 

eggs, bMked beans, brown bread, boiled ham, corned beef, smoked 
tongue, roast beef, roast pork, potatoes, doughnuts, l)read and 
Ixitter, tea and coffee, for breakfast, dinner and supper. 

Applications were received from various organizations 
desiring accommodations in halls, and quarters for such were 
found as rapidly as possible. Paine Memorial, Wells Memorial 
and a number of other halls were obtained for this purpose. 
Early in INIarch circulars were sent to every Post in the United 
States, through the heads of the departments, requesting them 
to make early applications to the committee for such quarters 
as would be needed. By courtesy of the German citizens, Turne 
Hall in Boston, and Harugarri Hall in East Cambridge, were 
placed at the disposal of the committee. After consulting with 
the committee on reunions, it was deemed best that all buildings 
required to be hired for the use of that committee should be done 
through the committee on accommodations. 

In March, the AVinslow Skating Rink was engaged for the 
special use of Posts from distant parts of Massachusetts. Letters 
Avere sent to the Adjutant-Generals of the different depart- 
ments, urging immediate information as to what was desired, and 
headquarters for the various departments were provided in the 
different halls hired for that purpose. Quarters were assigned 
for two hundred of the staff of the Commander-in-Chief in the 
Conservatory of Music and Clarendon Hotel. The Boston Theatre 
was tendered for the afternoon meetings during the Encampment. 

On the first of June, it was found that 20,000 mattresses 
would be needed, and the order was increased to that number. 

The proprietor of the Mnrdock Hospital most generously 
tendered its free use to the committee for the whole Encampment, 
including one hundred and twenty-five cots. A part of this build- 
ing was designated as a hospital, and as such was assigned to 
Dr. Otis H. Marion, to be used under his direction. 

C)n the first of July the applications for free quarters showed 
that a very large number of people intended to visit Boston, and it 
was feared that the accommodations would not be sufificient. Steps 
were accordingly taken to obtain permission from the city to erect 
tents in some of the parks of Boston. It was found impracticable 
to go to Franklin Park, but through the kindness of the selectmen 



i l UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOlUTir 

of Brookline. :i tciuler was iiincle of land iu that town. Tlirough 
the action of Adjntant-General Dalton of the governor's staff, the 
State AnnoiT was placed at the disposal of the committee, the 
only expense incurred being that for lighting, guarding, cleaning 
and putting the quarters into proper shape upon the close of the 
Encampment. Plans were prepared of Mechanics Building, State 
Armory and AVinslow Skating rink, showing how many mattresses 
might be placed in each building. A letter was written to the com- 
mittee on parade calling attention to the need of ice water along 
the route, and that committee took the necessary steps towards fur- 
nishing it. An application was received from Mrs. Everett, of the 
Massachusetts Woman's Christian Temperance Union, desiring 
assistance in preparing booths from which lemonade could be 
served upon the daj' of the parade without cost to the veterans. 
This request was complied with. Letters were also written to the 
various Posts in the vicinity of Boston urging them to undertake 
the entertainment of visiting Posts, and offering to furnish mat- 
tresses, if necessary ; the result being that most of the Posts near 
Boston provided for one or more such organizations. 

Early in Juh' preparations were further advanced towards 
meeting the necessary requuements. The sanitary arrangements 
at Mechanics Building, Winslow Skating Rink and at the loft in 
the Navy Yard were perfected and large additions made. A 
contract was made with the Drivers' lee Compan}' to furnish ice 
for all the buildings. 

The following Posts reported to the committee that they had 
made provisions to entertain visitors : Numbers 2, 7, 12, 23, 
30, 35, 40, ofi, 57, 62, 68, 81, 119, 134, 139, 144, 149, 191. 
The committee on information w^as requested to make arrange- 
ments whereby the visitors might be guided to their lodging places. 

Among the supplies ordered by this committee were ten gross 
of wash-basins, five gross of dippers and over 2,000 cakes of 
soap. 

On JuW 31a vote was passed by which a circular was sent 
to the commander of every Post, requesting him to wire the com- 
mandant at Mechanics Building the number of men in his 
command who would need free quarters. At the same time an 
order was issued, in the same form, appointing ^Nfajor L. Fred 



XATioXAi. k\(a:\ii'mi:xt of the g. a. h. /a 

Rice as coininandant of Murdock Hospital, wiiicli was (U'signati'd 
as Camp E. P. Nettleton. Tlie State Armory was placed 
under the command of Captain Perley A. Dyer, and designated 
as Camp John A. Andrew. The model loft at the Charlestown 
Navy Yard was designated as Camp Farragut, and Captain 
Lonis E. Fagin appointed commandant. The AVinslow Skating 
Rink having been transferred to the charge of the Department of 
]\[assachnsetts, it was tlionght that the committee had no power 
to authorize the appointment of any commandant thereof, which 
with INFusie Hall was placed under the charge of Department 
Commander George H. Innis. 

The applications for (quarters were so great it was feared the 
accommodations would not be sufficient, and a committee was 
appointed to wait upon the mayor and ascertain if a tent could be 
placed upon the common. The request was complied with and a 
tent erected August 13. 

The duties of the hour were so urgent that the chairman and 
sevei'al members of the committee gave their whole time to pre- 
paring for the reception of the guests. On Saturday it was found 
that additional help would be required, and five messenger boys 
were engaged to be present as long as needed. 

The first Posts reporting came on Saturday afternoon, and 
were assigned to INIechanics IJuilding. The caterer, who had no 
expectation of being called upon for food before Sunday night or 
Monday morning, was equal to the occasion, and as fast as 
comrades arrived, single or by Post, they were supplied with food. 
On Sunday the committee reported for duty shortly before noon, 
and was kept busy in attending to the wants of those arriving 
until long after midnight. At two o'clock Monday moruing the 
chairman was directing several hundred men to Mechanics Building. 

Over 4,00(J rooms had been engaged by the committee, but 
many hundreds had made no previous provision for their lodging, 
counting, probably, upon the well-known hospitality of the citizens 
of Boston. 

( )ii Tuesday the scenes of the former days were repeated, 
with the exception of a slight diminution during the time of the 
parade. The large crowd kept all the clerks busy until late into 
Tuesdav nio-ht, but none were left uncared for, and the acconuno- 



74 UXOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWEXTY-FOL'RTH 

datioiis were ample for thousands more. As an indication of what 
was done, 28,5()0 people received quarters free, 4,738 rooms in 
private houses were assigned, and other thousands were provided 
for in the different hotels. 

The final meeting of the committee was held August 29. 
The bills incurred had all been presented and provision made for 
their payment ; and while the appropriation asked for and set 
aside by the executive committee was $40,000, it was found that 
the total amount of indebtedness was less than $24,000. 

At the final meeting it was voted unanimously that Capt. B. 
Read Wales receive the thanks of the committee for the able and 
efficient manner in which he had performed the duties of secretary, 
and a similar vote of thanks was also extended to the chairman. 

Mr. Hume, as chairman of this committee, gave full proof 
of his efficiency, and to him and the other members of the accom- 
modation committee, the Twenty-Fourth National Encampment is 
indebted for the faithful work performed on this occasion, — 
work which resulted in the most complete and comprehensive 
arrangements, surpassing all previous gatherings. 

CAMP PHIL. SHERIDAN. 

The origin of Camp Phil. Sheridan was a product of the 
accommodation committee. Without such a headquarters, many 
of the veterans would have been put to serious personal incon- 
venience. The story connected with the existence of this camp 
can be best told by the accompanying orders and reports by Col. 
Charles E. Hapgood, who faithfully and acceptably performed his 
duties as commandant. The orders and reports are herewith 
given : — 

Headquarters 
National Encampment, G. A. R., for 1890. 

Boston, July 31, 1890. 
The quarters at Mechanics Buildhig during the National Encamp- 
ment will be known as "Camp Phil. Sheridan." Col. Charles Hapgood, 
5th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, is hereby designated as camp 
commandant. He Avill be obeyed accordingly. 

By order of the committee on accommodations. 
B. Read Wales, Secretanj. Harrison Hume, Chairman. 



national encampment of the o. a. r. / .> 

General Orders ) 

No. 1. / 

Headquarters Camp Phil. Sheridan, 
Mechanics Bcildincj, Aug. 1, 18'JO. 

1. In coinpliance with the order of the coiniiiittee on accomnio- 
dations, I liereby assume command of this camp. 

2. Comrades are assigned for staff duty as follows : William E. 
Long, Post 143, adjutant; Edward B. Richardson, Post U;3, chief of 
staff and provost marshal; William B. Daily, Post 15, inspector; John 
A. Keefe. Post 191, judge advocate; William H. Poole, Post 11, chief 
quartermaster; Lewis C. Fernald, Post 4, commissary of subsistence; 
Gustavus F. Walter, Post 15, surgeon; Wilbur F. Lane, Post 200, pay- 
master; A. Brooks Frye, engineer; Daniel Eldridge, Post G8, ordinance 
master; J. Gushing Thomas, Post 191, signal officer; Will C. Wood, 
Post 199, chaplain; Charles H. Nason, Post 15, sergeant-major; William 
P. Henry, Post 11, quartermaster-sergeant; Horatio S. Libby. Post 4, 
commissary-sergeant; James B. Cherry, M. D., Post 7, aide-de-camp; 
Charles J. Hanson, Post 23, aide-de-camp; Fred G. Storey, Post 113, 
aide-de-camp; John Hunter, Post 149, aide-de-camp; George S. Pitts, 
Post 159, aide-de-camp; Edwin D. Wattson, Post 191, aide-de-camp; 
William Bradley, Post 200, aide-de-camp. 

3. Calls Avill be sounded as follows : Reveille at G a.:\i. ; breakfast 
call at 6.30 a.m. ; surgeon's call at 8 a.m. ; dinner call at 12 m. ; retreat and 
supper at 6 p.ji. ; taps at 12, midnight! 

4. The following rules are established for the government of the 
camp : No intoxicating liquors will be allowed in the building. Smoking 
in any part of the building is strictly prohibited. No unnecessary noise 
or disturljance will be allowed at any time, and after taps are sounded 
the camp must be absolutely quiet, as comrades will need all the rest 
they can get. 

5. All organizations, as soon as they arrive, will be assigned to 
quarters by departments, and the officer in charge of each Post or other 
organization will report at once at these headquarters the number or 
name of Post or organization, the department from which it comes, and 
the number of comrades present. 

6. The officer in charge of each Post or organization will desig- 
nate a comrade who will at once report in person to these headquarters, 
and who Avillbe held responsible for the good conduct of the organization 
which he represents. 

Everything which the wisdom of the committee on accommodations 
could suggest has been provided for the comfort of the comrades while 
in camp, and it is expected that they will cheerfully resume the old 
habits of discipline for the few days they are together. 

(Signed) Charles E. Hapgood, Commandant. 

Official : William E. Long, Adjutant. 



76 rXOFKiri.VL I'HorKEDINGS TWENTY-I'OUHTH 



Gexekai. Orders 1 
No. 2. J 



HEADQrARTERS CaMP PhIL. ShEHIDAX. 

Mi'XHAXics BuiLDixG, Aua;. S, 181(0. 



The following named comrades are hereby assigned for duty on the 
staS' of the commandant : Azro C. Hubbard, Post 7, officer of the guard : 
William T. Riley, Post 32, Samuel A. Gushing, Post (58, Samuel B. 
Shapleigh, Post 92, Albion P. Pease. Post 4, Kansas City, aides-de-camp : 
Pichard Curtis. Post 42, orderly: Fred H. Robinson, E. T. Starkweather, 
Harry C. Hutchius, Harry B. Sears, Camp 07, Sons of Veterans, order- 
lies ; James R. Murray, bugler; Peter White, drummgr. 

Church call will be sounded at half-past seven a.ji. and half-past 
six V.M., at which time the chaplain will conduct services in the hall over 
the headquarters. It is hoped that comrades will avail themselves of 
this privilege. 

The stafi'will report in citizen's dress on Sunday, 10th inst.. at two 
P.M., to familiarize themselves with the camp and duties assigned them. 

The entire stafl", with orderlies and musicians, will report for duty 
Monday, August 11, at eight a.m., at which time the tour of duty will 
commence, and after which time no member of the staff Avill absent him- 
self without pel-mission from these headquarters. 

The commandant is pleased to announce that through the thought- 
fulness of Major O. H. Marion,' surgeon-in-chief, a competent medical 
staff, in charge of Assistant-Surgeon H. S. Dearing, 1st Infantry, has 
been detailed for duty at the camp, and the sick will be provided with 
proper remedies without leaving the building. 

Through the courtesy of General Thomas Sherwin, president of the 
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, complete telephonic 
communication has been made with the camp. 

To guard against the possibilities of fire, the board of fire commis- 
sioners has placed a chemical engine, with an ample force of firemen, in 
the camp. 

All the arrangements for the rapid and comfortable establishment 
of the comrades in quarters as fast as they arrive are believed to have 
been made, and the indications point to a successful tour of duty. 

By command of 

CH.4.RLES E. Hapgood. Commandant. 
William E. Loxg, Adjutant. 



NATIONAL KNCAMl'MKNT OK THK (.. A. K. /7 

Hi.AixiUAirrKRs 
National Enca.mi'.mext, G. A. H., roit 1800. 
Boston, AnsTist 15, IS'M). 
Col. Chaulks E. Hapgood. 

Curnmandiiig Camp Phil. S/k rkhiii. Mechanics Biiildiiu/. 
Colonel: You arc hereby ordered to discoutimie the cain]i under 
your com maud. 

You A\ ill iiive proper orders for the preservation of all camp prop- 
erty, and make report of your proceedings to these headipiarters without 
delay. Harrison Hlme, 

Chairman Committee on Accoriimniliitiinis. 

General Owdkus) 
Xo. 3. / 

HEADIilARTKr.S C^UIT PlIIL. SlIEUIDAN, 

^lECHANics Building, Aug. 15, 18!I0. 
In coni])liance with the order of the committee on acconunoda- 
tions, — 

1. The tour of duty at Camp Thil. Sheridan is herelty teriui- 
iiated and the camp discontinued. 

2. At two o'clock today retreat will be sounded, the colors lowered, 
the guard withdrawn and the staff, orderlies, guards, clerks and telephone 
operators discharged from further duty at this Encampment. 

3. The quartermaster will take proper steps for the security and 
disposition of all camp property, and report his action to tiie command- 
ant, at No. 2a Beacon Street. 

4. The adjutant will carefully preserve all records and papers 
relating to the Encampment, and forAvard the same to the commandant 
at No. 2a Beacon Street. 

5. The commandant desires to express to the stafl", orderlies, guards 
and clerks, his high appreciation of their unswerving loyalty to him, 
their constant attention to duty and their intelligent discharge of all the 
difficult and delicate duties intrusted to them. To the telephone opera- 
tors, who have been in constant attendance day and night since the camp 
was established, the commandant desires to convey his hearty thanks. 

0. In taking leave of the gentlemen associated with hiin in the con- 
duct of the camp, hj Avhose invaluable assistance it has been nTade a 
success, the commandant believes that they may congratulate themselves 
on having done something to contribute to the comfort of the ten thou- 
sand comrades who have occupied the camp. He desires them to take 
with them to their homes his best wishes for their happiness and pros- 
perity through life. 

By command of 

Charles E. liArGOOD, Comma )idant. 
\Vii.LiA.M E. Lung, .Idjntant. 



78 unofficial proceedings twenty- fourth 

Headquartkus Camp Phil. Shkkidax, 

Mechanics Building, Aus. 16, 1890. 

Hon. Harrison Hume, 

Chairman Committee on Accommodations. 

Sir: I have the honor to submit my report of the operations at 
Camp rhil. Sheridan. 

You will find appended copies of the orders under Avhich the camp 
was established, carried on and discontinued. 

I established my headquarters with one clerk and one orderly at the 
camp on Saturday, August 9, at ten o'clock a.m., for the reason that a 
great many letters and telegrams were arriving there that should have 
attention at once. Finding more work than I could do alone, I ordered 
in Sergeant-Major Nason of my stafl"; and at two o'clock p.m. three Posts 
from the Department of Maine arrived, and during the day about twenty 
comrades arrived, all of whom were provided with quarters. 

It Avas fortunate that I had ordered my staff to report at two p.m. on 
Sunday, 10th inst. ; for the comrades were arriving rapidly, and on the 
night of the 10th 849 comrades and eleven ladies were assigned quarters 
in the camp. 

"We reached "high water mark" on Monday, 11th inst.: and that 
night there were 8,705 in camp. The whole number accommodated in 
the camp Avas 10,403 ; whole number assigned, 8,923. 

I saAv before the evening of the 10th that the conduct of the com- 
rades Avere such that I need have no anxiety about Avhat had Avith many 
been a cause of solicitude, and I am happy to report that in no case has 
it been necessary to reprimand a single man in camp. 

No complaint as to quarters or rations Avas entered at headquarters. 
The sick Avere tenderly cared for by the corps of surgeons in charge of 
Lieutenant Deering, assistant surgeon, 1st Infantry, and those Avho 
required more treatment than could be given them at the camp Avere sent 
to the hospitals. 

My OAvn medical staff Avas in attendance day and night, and thej' Avere 
■obliged to send six to the City Hospital before the Emergency Hospital 
was ready to receive them. 

For the great number of comrades Avhich Ave have provided for, I 
have only Avords of the highest praise. To the members of my staff and 
all as'sociated Avith me in the conduct of the camp, I give my hearty 
thanks. 

Caterer FloAver is to be congratulated for the Avay in Avhich he 
handled the great croAvd of hungry men. My commissary reports that 
the quantity and quality of the food Avas unexceptionable, and there Avas 
but one objector, to Avhom Mr. FloAver tendered his monej- again, but 
he refused to take it. 

Assistant-Surgeon Deering and his corps of surgeons merit the 
thanks of the entire community for their tender care of the sick. 



NATIOXAI. ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 79 

Sergeant-ilajor Charles H. Nason of my stall' was ordered on special 
duty to represent the commandant late on the night of the 14th. On 
returning to report at seven p.m., the 15th, he found the camp aban- 
doned. He also found a large party of men who Avere without quarters 
for the night. His soldierly instinct grasped the situation at ouce and 
he took the party to the Armory on Irvington Street, which he found 
closed by order of Adjutant-General Dalton. He persuaded the officer iu 
charge to take the men in till he could communicate with General Dalton. 
This he did, and the order was modified so that all Avho might apply 
during the night were provided with quarters. 

I desire to thank you, sir, and through you all the gentlemen of the 
committee who have so kindly provided me with everything necessary 
to make the camp a success, and if I and those associated with me in the 
camp have met your wishes, I am more than 'gratified. 

I have the honor to be. sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

Charles E. Hapgood, Coinmandunt. 



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80 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY- FOUKTH 



WORK OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES. 



THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION. 

Next to the committee on accommodations, in its importance, 
came the transportation committee. It is a well-known fact 
that the rank and file of the Grand Army is not made up of men 
Avilo ride in palace sleeping cars. Scattered as the Posts are 
throughout the distant parts of the country, cheap railroad fares 
were imperatively demanded. The somewhat independent posi- 
tions of the railroads at the time of the Milwaukee Encampment 
was not forgotten, and it was determined that, if it were within 
the bounds of possibility, arrangements should l)e made with the 
railroad and steamboat companies for the benefit of all con- 
cerned. It is gratifying to say that this end was accomplished, 
and that transportation lines exerted ever}^ effort to aid and 
accommodate the Grand Army ; and nothing occurred to mar these 
arrangements other than an untimely strike of the employees of 
the New York road. 

It was deemed necessary to secure as members of this com- 
mittee men who had a practical knowledge of railroad matters. 
Mr. J. R. Watson, general passenger agent of the Fitchlmrg rail- 
road, was selected as a gentleman Avell fitted to occupj^ the impor- 
tant position of organizer of the transportation committee. His 
work in relation thereto, with its gratifying results during the 
Boston Encampment, will ever win for him hearty praise from 
the Grand Army of the Republic. 

The following gentlemen comprised the committee : — 

J. R. Watson, Chairman. S. A. Bolster, 

r. E. Orcutt, Secrctnrtj. George II. Innis. 

E. A. Bufflugton. W. C. TaUman. 

W. S. Condell. D. J. Flanders. 

E. E. Currier. E. J. Ilathorue. 

George W. Walker. E. ^\. Hall. 

George G. Bailey. Joseph H. Siuitli. 

Albert A. Smith. Eiissell A. Alger. 

C. A. Brown. Alfred Hocking. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 81 

The first meeting Avas held March 8th, 18;)0, ut the National 
Headc^uarters and its organization perfected. It was apparent 
that this committee had a work of importance before it and that 
upon the results of its labors depended, in a large degree, 
the success of the Encampment. Its duties were arduous and 
exacting, demanding from its members continuous exertion, 
making great inroads upon their time and convenience. It was 
of great benefit to the members of the Grand Army of the 
Kepul)lic, Woman's Relief Corps, Sons of Veterans and the gen- 
eral public, by its untiring zeal and labors, and all are doubtless 
grateful for the services rendered. To Secretary Orcutt unstinted 
praise is due for his able and faithful co-operation with Chairman 
Watson. 

At the first meeting of the committee, Messrs. Orcutt, 
Currier, Hall, Brown and Innis were appointed a sub-committee 
to appear before the Boston Passenger Association and the New 
York and Boston Lines Association, to represent the cause of 
the Grand Army and arrange for rates within two hundred miles 
of Boston. 

Several meetings were held with these and other railroad 
associations, resulting in a favorable tariff. Chairman Watson, 
as president of the railroad unions, was enabled to do very effec- 
tive work in assisting to bring about the establishment of low 
rates. 

The New England fares having been made satisfactory, the 
committee turned its attention to those for the entire country. 
This involved voluminous correspondence with the railroad com- 
panies, resulting in a manner entirely acceptable to the committee, 
and establishing a uniform rate of one fare for the round trip 
with a time limit dating August 3 1st. This limit of time the 
committee afterwards desired extended to September 30th, and 
the concession was granted by the different railroad associations, 
conditional upon the opening of a joint ticket agency and the 
deposit of the ticket with the agent until the time of departure. 

The Boston terminal lines secured commodious quarters at 
337 Washington Street, and provided a corps of clerks to attend 
to the business. The work was, in a large measure, performed to 
the satisfaction and benefit of the visiting veterans. AVhatever 



82 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

inconvenience and dissatisfaction was experienced was rectified 
as far as possible by the committee, when such matters were 
brought to its attention. The office was opened August 11th and 
closed September 30th, remaining open from seven a.m. till mid- 
night a portion of the time, and until seven p.m. during the latter 
days of its existence. There were deposited for extension over 
26,000 tickets, for which a receipt was given in each case, bear- 
ing the number of the envelope in which the ticket was placed and 
the name of the depositor. These were in turn taken up when 
the owner called for the ticket, which was then stamped with the 
extension limit and the person's name. There remained uncalled 
for 241 tickets when the office was closed, and the same were 
turned over to the respective roads to which the}" belonged. All 
this was without cost to the depositors, the whole expense — and 
it was very large — being borne by the railroads. 

The thanks of the Grand Army of the Republic are due to 
the committee for the care taken for the comfort and safety of all. 
No accidents by rail were reported. Booths were erected at all 
the railroad stations in the city in which Avere stationed experienced 
railroad men to give information on all enquiries. 

The ladies' parlor at Mechanics Building was secured for 
the headquarters of this committee during Encampment week and 
supplied with time-tables, cards and other printed matter of all 
the leading railroads and transportation companies. Members of 
the committee were present at this office from nine a.m. to half 
past ten p.m., daily, and in addition, the services of two expert 
ticket agents were secured, to give desired information. 

After the matter of through rates had been settled the com- 
mittee turned its attention to low excursion rates to the different 
places of historic interest in New England, and, as a result, 
unprecedented cheap fares were obtained to and from Plymouth, 
Lexington, Concord, Lynn, Marblehead and many other points. 
The concession was gratefully appreciated and the roads liberally 
patronized. 

lu response to inquiry from the executive committee as to 
the amount of money desired bj^ this committee, it was voted 
to ask for $100.00, and this amount was set aside for the use of 
the committee. Of this only 827.00 was expended in payment 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 83 

for the services of the two men on duty at the coininittee head- 
quarters, ^lechauics IJuilding. No other expense was incurred 
by the committee, and the liahmce of the appropriation reverted 
to the general treasury. 

It is but just to say that a hirge part of the work of this com- 
mittee fell upon a few members who were punctual in attendance, 
earnest in endeavor and prompt to act, and while all contributed in 
a measure to the accomplishment of its object, many, through 
business engagements, absence from the city or other good and 
sufficient reasons, Avere unable to meet as often as they or the 
committee desired. To those who did assist in the work, great 
credit is due. 

At the tinal meeting of the committee, the following resolu- 
tions were presented l)y the secretary, F. E. Orcutt, and passed 
unanimously : — 

Whkreas, This committee is aware that the success attending 
their eftbrts in behalf of liberal rates and careful attention on the part 
of the railroads and transportation companies is largely due to the 
untiring zeal and personal energy of James R. Watson, general pas- 
senger agent of the Fitchburg railroad and chairman of this committee ; 
therefore it is 

Iiesolved, That the thanks of this committee, and, througli them, 
those of the Grand Army of the Republic, are hereby tendered to him 
for his kind attention, earnest devotion and prompt action in this matter. 

Resolved, That we tender him our sincere thanks for the able man- 
ner in which he has presided over the meetings and conducted the 
business of this committee. 



DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION. 



The Department of information was charged not only Avith 
the performance of its proper duties during Encampment week, 
but also with the hardly less necessary work of making known in 
advance, to the members of the order throughout the country, the 
arrangi'inents for their reception and entertainment. 



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The following gentlemen constituted the committees having 
the task in hand : — 

Thomas E. Barker, Chairman. Heury B. Pierce. 

Charles G. Davis, Secretary. Charles D. Nash. 

W. F. Hutchins. John D. Billings. 

Peter D. Smith. W. A. Stevens. 

Joseph Gregory. Charles A. Rviggles. 

George W. Creasey. Henry E. Turner, Jr. 

John H. Cook. William M. Olin. 

The committee chose as chief of the bureau, comrade P. H. 
Eaymond of Cambridge. He was the executive officer of the 
department, devoted his entire time to his duties and was paid a 
moderate compensation. Other than the chief, there were no paid 
employees of the bureau prior to the Encampment week. 

Beginning early in June, the progress of the general arrange- 
ments was communicated to the order through the Grand Army 
Record, under the direction of the executive committee, copies 
of the paper being mailed to every Post in the couutr}'. About 
the middle of July, however, a comprehensive circular was 
addressed to all headquarters and Posts, which stated concisely 
all the arrangements for the Encampment, giving the principal 
details of the more important features, together with the programme 
of the convention of the Woman's Relief Corps, which courtesy 
was gracefully acknowledged by that organization. 

A corps of comrades and Sons of Veterans was organized to 
act as guides, under the direction of the chief of the bureau. At 
each of the railroad stations and principal hotels booths were 
established, conspicuously marked, and intelligent, efficient com- 
rades selected to take charge of them. Those at the railroad 
stations were manned on the Saturday preceding Encampment 
week, but, though early at their posts, they found the ladies of 
the Relief Corps on similar duty before them. Throughout the 
week they worked together harmoniously and to mutual advantage. 
In addition to the guides at the railroad stations and hotels, 
a large detail was made for patrol duty in the streets during the 
week. Additional booths were established in Mechanics Hall and 
the Armory on Irvington Street. The patroling guides Avere easily 



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distiiio-uished by ribbou badges, aud were provided with guide 
book.s. directories, and other like matter, prepared for the occasion, 
wliich they freely distributed. 

Headquarters of the Department, of Infoi'mation were estal)- 
lished on the Tremont Street Mall of the Boston Common, opposite 
the "West Street gate, on the Saturday preceding the Encampment. 
Two polling booths, kindly loaned by the city of Boston, were set 
up and furnislied with a great variety of guide books and other 
similar matter, and here the chief of the burean, Avith assistants, 
or the chairman, or other members of the committee, were present 
the entire week, maintaining communication with every part of the 
city, aud bulletining all important information. An immense 
amount of work was done at these headquarters which was of 
inestimable value to the visitors. 

Fifty thousand copies were printed and distributed of a 
" Directory and Programme for the National P^ncampment," 
prepared and published by the committee. Its contents comprised 
a list of the committees, the programme of the week, locations of 
National, Department and Post headquarters, reunions and regi- 
mental headquarters, halls, hotels aud other points, the Loyal 
Legion. Woman's Pelief Corps, Sons of Veterans, Hospital 
Department, places of historical interest and miscellaneous infor- 
mation of importance. It was not intended to be a guide book. 
That field was fully covered by the enterprising business firms of 
Boston, who issued innumerable pamphlets for free distribution. 

A most valuable auxiliar}' of the bureau was a detail of the 
Sons of Veterans, under the personal charge of Col. AV. A. 
Stevens, their Department Commander. Neatly uniformed, alert, 
intelligent, willing and faithful, they were of great service to the 
bureau and reflected credit upon the organization which they 
represented. 

The operations of the bureau, though long continued, were 
conducted with scrupulous econom3% the estimated expenses being 
$1,.'>00 :ind the actual outlay but Si, 100. 

Chairman Barker proved to be of inestimable value to the 
executive committee. To his personal supervision a large share 
of the success of the bureau is due and the able manner in which 
he planned and carried out the details of the important work on 
hand will ever reflect to his credit. 



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THE COMMITTEE ON PARADE. 

The principal (.luty of the committee on parade was to make 
the necessary arrangements for the magnificent pageant which 
took phice on August 12th, the official opening day of the 
Encampment. The members of this committee are here given : — 

T. R. Matliews, Chairman. Samuel Daltoii. 

Fred G. King, Secretary. C. A. R. Dimoii. 

George S. Merrill. Albert T. Whiting. 

William Cogswell. Fred C. Brownell. 

Geo. L. Goodale. George H. Innis. 

Charles B. Rohan. 

The first meeting was held April .')th. Col. Mathews, chair- 
man, presiding, and at this meeting F. G. King was unani- 
mously elected secretary. The experience which these two 
gentlemen had acquired by a long familiarity with military affairs 
proved invaluable to the committee, and much praise is due them 
•for the* able manner in which they fulfilled their task. At the 
meeting held May 27th, General Alger, the Commander-in-Chief, 
was present, and the committee mapped out the line of march, 
which was officially accepted by him, although slight changes 
were afterwards made. 

It was first decided, agreeably with the views of General 
Alger, that there should be no carriages in the parade and that 
disabled veterans should be provided Avith seats on one of the 
grand stands where they might view the procession. This 
decision caused such a deep feeling of regret to those comrades 
that (ieneral Alger reconsidered his oixler and permission was 
given that all veterans, Avho, by result of injuries, were unable to 
march in the procession, .but who desired to participate in it, 
would be provided with carriages to take a position at the left of 
the line. 

Conferences were held with the West End Street Railroad 
Compan}^ relative to the running of street cars on the day of the 
parade, which resulted in the withdrawal of the cars from the 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. <S7 

route of tlie processiou. It is a pleasure to state that the otticials 
of this railway gave all the aid at their conunand to the 
Encanipmeut. 

The Board of I'olice C'ouunissiouers were petitioued tu pro- 
vide the necessary patrol duty. The ofHcers were detailed when- 
ever and wherever requested to do so. Their S3\stem was com- 
plete and service efficient. There was no disorder or arrests. 

The committee also contracted for an abiuidant supply of 
spring" water along the line of the parade, and the Woman's 
Christian Temperance Union kindly volnuteered, and were given 
permission, to erect stands inside the line, from which lemonade 
was dispensed without cost. Both these arrangements, as Avell as 
that permitting lunch teams to cross the lines, were greatly 
appreciated by the marcliing veterans. 



THE COMMITTEE ON REUNIONS. 

As before stated, reunions have become a marked feature 
of every well-organized Encampment. It is at the reunions 
of companies, regiments, brigades and divisions that the old 
soldiers have the best opportunities to meet their comrades of the 
war. The bond between them was wielded in the fire of battle. 
They delight to recount the old, yet ever new, story of their 
achievements. 

The following gentlemen were members of the committee on 
reunions : — 

J. Payson Bradley, Chairman. Albert C. AndreAvs. 
Charles 0. Fellows, Secretary. Arthur A. Smith. 
.Tames A. Fox. Charles L. Mitchell. 

J. G. B. Adams. William Provin. 

J. Willard Browne. Alexander Blackl)urn. 

George N. Munsell. 

Tiianks to the generosity of the school committee, all the 
school buildings, centrally located, were turned over to the com- 
mittee for use during the Encampment, thereby relieving it of a 
heavy financial burden and l)riuging its entire expenses, which 



8S UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOUKTH 

at first looked as though they might go into the thousands, l3elow 
$300. 00. Into these halls of learning came the men who had grad- 
uated twenty-five years ago from a school whose rules were rigid 
and discipline severe. The casualties of battle left many of 
them crippled. The great problems then worked out cost many 
thousands of lives, and, like boys after a long summer's vacation, 
they greeted one another with a heartiness wTiich can only Come 
from those who have faced death together on many a hard-fought 
field. 

Chairman Bradley fulfilled his important position in a most 
satisfactory manner and, in conjunction with Secretary Fellows, 
Messrs. Adams, Smith, Andrews and others of the committee, 
personally saw that every facility was at hand for holding the 
many reunions during the Boston Encampment. He was also 
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General of the Department of Massa- 
chusetts, G. A. R., during the grand parade, and chairman of the 
National Encampment committee of Dahlgren Post 2. 

Stirring the reminiscences ! Thrilling the scenes ! Pictures are 
drawn, more real than fancied, of the hard fare and vicissitudes at 
the front ; the beds in the swamps ; the quick severing of ties of 
earthly comradeship by the secret shot of the remorseless foe on the 
picket line ; the death traps everywhere ; the cruelties in the prisons ; 
the wasting sickness with no loving hand to assuage the suffering ; 
the weariness of the long struggle ; the yearnings for the ending 
of the cruel war, and for home and loved ones. But 

"The neighing troop, tlie flashing blade, 

The bugle's stirring blast ; 
The charge, the clreaclfnl cannonade. 

The din and shout are past." 

All honor to the brave men — the living and the dead — who 
drove treason from its strongholds, compelled the misguided 
South to acknowledge the supremacy of the Union, and made 
possible these peaceful and pleasant scenes. 

At these reunions great good was accomplished in the 
assistance given to deserving comrades who were seeking the 
whereabouts of those who knew the important facts of their war 
histor}', and could furnish the desired affidavit wliich in time 
would bring the deserved and much needed pension. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 89 

Passing throuiih the corridors of their quarters one would 
hear familiar greetings and exelamatious of surprise and gladness, 
followed by some pathetic story of one who, broken down in 
health, and struggling on in hopes that days of plenty would 
come to liim and his, too proud to ask for aid, gradually grew 
weaker, until at last the Grand Army comrades come to his 
assistance, but alas, too late ! His country's flag, which he had 
defended, was the only mantle they could offer, and under its folds 
they carried him to his long home. Delightful the memories, 
swift-winged the hours, until at last the farewell song was sung 
and the promise made to meet again at the next Encampment. 
To some, it will be on earth, to others, the everlasting reunion 
Avith those who have passed to the Grand Army above. 

More than three hundred reunions were held during the week. 



THE COMMITTEE ON ENTERTAINMENTS. 

The duty of seeing that every veteran had an enjoyable time, 
and the preparing of a programme of events for Encampment 
week, fell upon the entertainment committee, comprising the 
following gentlemen : — 

George H. Innis, Ghairman. Francis A. Osborne. 

.T. B. Maccabe, Secretary. William Cog-swell. 

Charles O. Fellows. John "\Y. Kimball. 

E. A. Bufflngtou. George S. Merrill. 

A. A. Folsora. Horace Binnej- Sargeut. 

.John Boyle O'Reilly. John G. B. Adams. 

H. A. McGlenen. George W. Creasey. 

R. M. Field. George S. Evans. 

,J. H. Crnff. John D. Billings. 

W. H. Thomas. John W. Hersey. 

C. S. Gierke. Richard F. Tobin. 

Anstin S. Cushman. Charles D. Nash. 

A. B. R. Spragne. Myron P. AValker. 
George L. Goodale. 



90 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOUKTH 

Camp-fires, I'eceptions, entertaiumeuts and excursions were 
arranged, together with a clam-bake at Plymouth, in conjunction 
with citizens of that town, which generously appropriated 81,000 
to help meet the expenses of the entertainment. 

The details connected with these entertainments necessitated 
a great amount of labor and care in the multitude of appointments 
and making of contracts. 

In addition the committee arranged a notable excursion down 
the harbor in honor of the delegates to the Encampment, to behold 
the evolutions of the naval squadron and the sham conflict between 
the forts and the fleet. 



THE COMMITTEE ON DECORATIONS. 

The decorations displayed were a matter of surprise and admi- 
ration to the hundreds of thousands of visitors in the city. 
The committee on decoration consisted of : — 

Richard F. Tobiu, Chairman. George A. Sawhi. 
R. B. Henderson, Secretary. Azel Ames. 

George G. Bailey. A. W. Hersey. 

"William S. Butler. Isaac P. Gragg. . 

John B. O'Brien. J. Edward Hollis. 

Thomas A. Ball. 

Early in the season a circular letter was sent out to the busi- 
ness firms and citizens residing along the proposed line of march, 
asking their co-operation. The response w^as universal. 

The committee designed and supervised the erection of trium- 
phal arches on the route of the parade, and decorated the reviewing 
stands, together with Camp Phil. Sheridan, Tremont Temple. Music 
Hall, the executive headquarters and other buildings. In this 
work it was ably assisted by the Woman's Eelief Corps. 

The state authorities beautifully decorated the capitol 
building. 

Chairman Tobiu was untiring in his work on this and other 
connnittees, a fact Avhich will be remembered with sadness, for his 
tired system gave way to nervous prostration soon after the close 
of the Encampment, and a few weeks later his bod}' was borne 
to the grave by his conu'ades. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 91 

THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE. 

The reception committee consisted of : — 

Gov. J. Q. A. Brackett, Chairman. J. H. O'Neil. 

H. H. Spragiie. Arthur A. Smith. 

W. E. Barrett. Joel Goldthwait. 

]\[ayor Thomas N. Hart. John W. Kimball. 

William P. Wilson. Charles J. Noyes. 

Horace G. Allen. E. A. Stevens. 

George H. Innis. H. G. Allen. 

John F. Andrew. George S. Merrill. 

John M. Deane. Myron P. Walker. 

John W. Hersey. William H. Lee. 

Charles G. Osgood. Nathan Appleton. 

Henry E. Smith. S. W. Benson. 

A. B. R. Sprague. Joseph O. Burdette. 

Arthur A. Eowle. Albert Clarke. 

Fred G. King. Charles B. Rohan. 

Paul H. Kendricken. F. C. Brownell. 
A. S. FoAvle. 

The duties of the committee, as may be inferred, were Avholly 
social. 



THE COMMITTEE ON PRINTING. 

The committee on printing consisted of the following well- 
known gentlemen : — 

George S. Evans, Chairman. Peter E. Smith. 

E. B. StUlings, Secretari/. H. N. Sawyer. 

John H. O'Donnell. John D. Billings. 

Charles W. Reed. 

This committee managed the publishing of the Grajid Army 
Record., furnishing all the information that was desirable in con- 
nection with the gathering, also a Guide Book for the benefit of 
comrades and others, which contained information indispensable 
for the o-uidance of the visitors. All the circular matter, the 



92 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

necessary printing for headquarters and the many committees, the 
elegant admission cards, the engraved invitations to noted guests, 
and other forms was provided by this committee. 

It was also the means of securing, free of expense to the 
Encampment, a handsome souvenir published by George H. 
Richai'ds & Co., containing an article on the Grand Army, written 
by Chairman Evans, and illustrations furnished by Comrade 
Charles W. Reed, together with the roster and a condensed history 
of the Grand Army, Sons of Veterans, Woman's Relief Corps. 
Loyal Legion and other semi-military organizations, with useful 
information and pictures of historical places in Boston and vicinity. 

The committee regard with pride the fact that the expenditures 
were within the estimate made at the beginning of the preparations. 



THE COMMITTEE ON THE PRESS. 

The press committee provided every possible means to facili- 
tate the obtaining of information by the representatives of the press 
throughout the country. The papers of Boston not only devoted 
large space to the reporting of the proceedings, but cheerfully 
gave room to the publishing of orders, reports, appeals for financial 
aid, and lent every possible assistance towards promoting the 
glory and interest of the occasion. 

The generous contributions by the proprietors and the exten- 
sive reports published, attest the great interest of the press in 
promoting the success of the Encampment. 

The committee consisted of 

George S. Merrill, Chairman. F. C. Brownell. 

Joseph B. Maccabe, Secretary. Charles B. Kohan. 

William M. Olin. Weston F. Hutchins. 

W. Wallace Waiiah. Thomas F. Anderson. 



KATIOXAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 93 



BADGES, GRAND STANDS AND INVITATIONS. 
COMMITTEE ON BADGES. 

The comuiittee on badges designed and issued the badges for 
all the committees and national delegates, modelling them on one 
general form, emblematical in design. The members of this com- 
mittee were : — 

George H. lunis, Chairman. Richard F. Tobiii. 

George W. Crease}', Secretary. George S. Merrill. 

George L. Goodak'. 

COMMITTEE ON GRAND STANDS. 

The conunittee on grand stands located and supervised jthe 
erection of the commodious reviewing stands in the various 
sections of the city for use during the great parade, Avith a seat- 
ing capacity of 5,500 persons. Great care was exercised in the 
construction to prevent possible accident. The following gentle- 
men served on the committee : — 

George H. Innis, Chairman. Charles B. Rohan. 

John H. Cook, Secretarti. Y.. W. Hall. 

Mr. Innis subsequently resigned and C. N. Wallace was 
chosen chairman. 

COMMITTEE OK INVITATIONS. 

The duties of the invitation committee consisted in extending 
invitations to notable persons throughout the country to be guests 
of the P^ncampment. Its duties were light, yet important, and 
were in charge of the gentlemen named below : — 

.John D. Long, Chairman. George H. Innis. 

George L. Goodale, Secretary. Elisha S. Converse. 

Silas A. Barton. George S. Merrill. 

.John H. Cook. James F. Meech. 
William M. olin. 



94 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 



THE MASSACHUSETTS AIDS TO COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. 

By Genenil Orders No. 5, from national headquarters, the 
Commander-in-Chief appointed General William Cogswell as 
senior aide and chief of staff, and immediately upon receipt of 
this notification the other aides from the Department of Massa- 
chusetts communicated with their department commander, George 
L. Goodale, and by permission held a meeting at department 
headquarters early in January, 1890. The following committee 
was then chosen : — 

W. W. Montgomery, Chairman. B. F. Lovell. 
A. R. Bailey, Secretary. Henry F. Spach. 

E. B. Stillings, Eli W. Hall. 

This committee immediately began to assist in the staff work 
of the National Encampment, and did all in its power to make 
the parade successful. It furnished all the aids, from this and 
other departments, and those of the National Staff, with horses 
and equipments, and provided quarters and subsistence for the 
entire week. 

Headquarters for the national aids were established at the 
parlors of the New England C'onservatory of Music, which were 
open all hours of the day and night, during the week, and where 
light refreshments were served when desired. 

The chief of staff fully appreciated the assistance given him 
by the Massachusetts aids who acted as his orderlies and who 
performed their duties promptly and efficiently. No higher enco- 
mium can be given than the declaration of General CogSAvell 
who said: "It is very creditable to the Massachusetts aids that 
the work was so well done, when we consider that it was all 
voluntary. The promptness and discipline were as good as in the 
old army days." 

The executive committee of the Massachusetts aids to the 
Commander-in-Chief received financial assistance from the execu- 
tive committee of the National Encampment to the amount of 
$300, but the balance of the funds used were a voluntary contribu- 
tion bv the Massachusetts staff. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A, R. 95 

111 response to an invitation the entire National Staff met 
at headquarters early on Thursday, August 14th, to participate 
in an excursion given by the Massachusetts members. Leaving 
headquarters at nine o'clock, they visited the Soldiers' Home at 
Chelsea, stopping on the way to accept the hospitality of Theodore 
Winthrop Post o'). 

After an hour at the Soldiers' Home, inspecting the buildings 
and grounds, the}' visited Lynn, where they were entertained by 
General Lander Post 5, after which they were taken to the Post 
hall, and welcomed by Post Commander, P^li AY. Hall, proceeding 
thence to Nahant, where a shore dinner was provided by the 
Massachusetts aids. 

It was voted that the staff form an organization to meet 
at Detroit, at the next nnuual Encampment. W. W. JNIontgomery 
was chosen president, E. B. Stillings treasurer, and A. K. Bailey 
secretary, and the three othcers were authorized to make all neces- 
sary arrangements for the meeting. 

At six o'clock the party returned to Boston by boat, having 
spent a very enjoyable day. 




96 UXOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 



READY TO RECEIVE THE VETERANS. 



B(^8T0N was ready in a general way to receive the soldier 
citizens a week before the opening of the Encampment, 
but the finishing touches were added the preceding Saturday, 
when the advance guard of the veteran arm}'^ put in its appear- 
ance. 

The statement that the citizens were prepared for the infiux 
of visitors meant that all the preparations Avhich had been going 
on for months by the committees of arrangements were completed ; 
that ever}' known dut}^ had been attended to and that quarters had 
been secured for thousands who might obtain their meals and 
accommodations at a moderate cost. 

It meant that halls had been provided for department head- 
quarters, reunions and camp-fires; that the wants of 150,000 
strangers, citizens from every part of the country, their wives, 
children and companions, had been anticipated in the registering 
for their possible needs of lodging and boarding places, quarters 
in hotels and private homes ; that everj'thing reasonable had 
been done and that the great machine of the National Encamp- 
ment was ready to be set in motion, to revolve without friction, 
to move so smoothly that there could be no break or jar to mar 
its operations. 

Boston was in its holiday attire. It has been said that never 
in the history of this country have the decorations of a city been 
more profuse, artistic or magnificent, no matter what the occa- 
sion may have been, than those of Boston during that eventful 
week. Veterans who arrived at one of the northern depots and 
walked up Washington Street, passed under a magnificent 
triumphal arch at the junction of Hanover Street, bearing the 
inscription, "Boston Welcomes the Soldier Citizens,"' and on the 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE (J. A. U. ',)7 

reverse, ''We "Will ]Meet A<i":iin." The pictured (lesions repre- 
sented ''General Grant on the North Anna," and "Serving 
Rations at Appomattox." Passing on, visitors saAV the tasteful 
decorations of the old State House at the head of State Street. 
A short walk brought him to " Newspaper Row," so called, where 
are located the oflices of the majority of Boston's great dailies, 
and where was shown the rivalry for popular approval in the 
excellence of display, — the decorations of the Herald and Globe 
being the most noticeable. Every building was covered with 
bunting and flags. Numerous banners were suspended across the 
street — not only on the line of the parade, but every pai-allel and 
intersecting street was profusely decorated. 

The adornments were by no means confined to the business 
blocks and public buildings, for hardly a private residence could 
be found that did not display- beautiful draping of red. white 
and blue. 

The second triumphal arch was located on Washington 
Street, near Blackstoue Square. This bore reproductions of 
"'Sheridan's Ride " and " Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg," with 
the motto "Welcome Comrades." A floral arch, most beautiful 
in design, was at the gateway of the Public Garden on Arlington 
Street, where was reproduced a picture of the naval engagement 
between the Monitor and Merrimac. 

The State House, City Hall, Faueuil Hall, Mechanics Build- 
ing, Tremont Temple, Horticultural Hall, Music Hall and 
National Encampment Headquarters were elaborately decorated. 
Words of welcome and patriotic utterances, scenes of famous 
battles, portraits of noble generals and sj^mbolical banners 
enhanced the beauty of the display. 

No decorations were more appreciated than those in the 
Public Garden. Mayor Hart conceived the idea of reproducing 
the Grand Army badges by floral designs, and instructed 
City Forrester Doogue to use his best taste to that end. That 
official succeeded in carrying out the instructions on a magnificent 
scale and the Public Garden presented a scene of beauty never 
before witnessed in a floral display in Boston. Around the base 
of the equestrian statue of Washington were the badges of the 
Grand Army of the Republic, Woman's Relief Corps, Loyal 



98 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

Legion and Sons of Veterans, set in appropriate colors. From 
the attractive entrance on Arlington Street, where the visitor 
passed under a verdant arch, to Charles Street were surprises 
in gardening skill. The Common was charming in its summer 
verdure, in its walks and carefully-trimmed lawns. 

One of the most important and necessary features of the 
Encampment, which was ready for service upon the arrival of the 
veterans, was the emergency or IVIurdock Hospital, in charge of 
Major Otis H. Marion, surgeon of the First Massachusetts Reg- 
iment of Infantry. It was fully equipped with one hundred beds, 
and was open day and night during the Encampment for the 
exclusive use of the Grand Army veterans. There were, also, 
in requisition two other hospitals with ample service for auy cas- 
ualty, together with ten ambulances. A large corps of physicians 
and surgeons volunteered their services for the week and a thor- 
oughly appointed medical staff was organized, so that no matter 
what casualty might unexpectedly arise, the wounded and sick 
would receive the best attention that could be given by experi- 
enced medical men. Along the line of march on the day of the 
parade numerous emergency stations were established, designated 
by the red cross flag. At each station were members of the 
ambulance corps, equipped with stretcher, bandages, splints, 
and restoratives for instant use. 

All the halls and hotels where Grand Army men were quar- 
tered were connected by telephone with the various hospitals, so 
that a physician or ambulance could be called at any time. It 
is a pleasure to state that there were but few cases of serious 
sickness among the thousands of visitors, and no accidents. The 
majority of patients needed only treatment for exhaustion or 
incidental complaints. There were but three deaths recorded, 
and only one of those was at the hospital. 

Surgeons and members of the ambulance corps accompanied 
the various excursions during the week. 

Camp Philip H. Sheridan, with its accommodation for 10,000 
veterans, opened late Saturday night, August 9th, and Camps 
Farragut and Nettle ton were ready for occupancy at the same 
time. The first Post to arrive was the Francis C. Cheate Post 
67, of Detroit, Mich., which came by way of Montreal on the 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT ol' THE O. A. 1!. 99 

*'Soo" route, arriving iu Boston Fricla>' morning, followed on 
Saturday by individuals and scattering Posts, then by state dele- 
gations and lastly by the thousands which poured into the city 
from every state and territory of the Tnion by railroad or steam- 
boat. 

The city would have l)een uncomfortably crowded had it not 
been for the generosity of the suburban cities and towns which 
entertained many of the Posts, giving them every care and atten- 
tion, as well as furnishing them supplementary entertainments 
and excursions. 

The National Encampment headquarters on Beacon Street 
was besieged by veterans, in search of quarters, who had 
neglected to notify the committee of their coming. Some desired 
expensive quarters, while others would be content with a shelter 
for the night. The committee on accommodations had expected 
just such an exigency as this and, fortunately, w'ere prepared 
for it. The paying applicants were sent to vai'ious sections of 
the city, while those desiring free quarters were turned over to 
Col. Hapgood, iu Gommaud of Camp Philip H. Sheridan. 

The railroad stations on Monday were crowded with people 
waiting the arrival of trains to greet expected friends, while local 
Posts were present to welcome expected delegations. 

Owing to the strike then in progress on the New York Cen- 
tral railroad, coupled with the usual delays incidental to such 
occasions, many of the trains were late in arriving, but when they 
finally rolled into the stations, they were given a royal reception. 
Lines were formed and the delegations marched under escort to 
their quarters. Day and night till Tuesday morning, August 
12th, the western trains were pouring their living freight into the 
eity. 

The municipalities surrounding Boston vied with each other 
in honoring and entertaining visiting Posts. Cambridge, with its 
historic landmarks, received as guests the members of NcAvhall 
Post 7, of Philadelphia. Charlestown entertained the California 
delegation, which included the Geo. W. DeLong Post 45, of Hon- 
olulu, Hawaiian Islands, the first Post ever organized outside the 
United States. This Post travelled 7,000 miles in order to be 
present, and attracted mai'ked attention, especially on the day of 
the parade. Chelsea entertained ^leade Post 49, of Eastport, 



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Me., O. M. Mitchell Post 4, of Jacksonville, Fla., six camps of 
Sons of Veterans and other guests. Salem honored by a grand 
parade and reception General Alger, Mrs. Logan and other nota- 
bles and throughout the week kept open house for the many 
visitors to the " City of Witches." Gloucester gave a magniii- 
cent reception to the famous Ransom Post of St. Louis, of which 
General Sherman is a member. The official guest of Lynn was 
Phil Kearney Post 10, of Richmond Va., but throughout the week 
General Lander Post 5, of that city, the banner Post of Massa- 
chusetts and of the whole country, held a series of receptions, 
entertaining over three thousand veterans. 

S. C. Lawrence Post 66, of Medford, entertained the famous 
Yj. B. Wolcott Post 1, of Milwaukee, Wis., which included all 
the department officers of that state, Avith the commander. General 
B. F. Bryant, and Colonel A. G. Weissert, Senior Vice-Com- 
mander-in-chief of the Grand Army. The guests were given 
special excursions to Plymouth and the Point of Pines, the whole 
town participating in the festivities. Maiden provided for the 
wants and pleasures of Edwin Libby Post Id, of Rockland, Me., 
which in addition to various excursions, included a reception by 
the mayors of Maiden and Rockland on the beautiful grounds sur- 
rounding the residence of Honorable Elisha S. Converse, treasurer 
of the National P^ncampment of LSIK). Waltham's guest was Vet- 
eran Post 49, of Elgin, 111., while Watertown looked after Custer 
Post 42, of Bennington, Vt., and G. K. Norris Post 127, of 
Monmouth, Me. East Boston entertained Aaron Wilkes Post 
23, of Trenton, N. J. ; Brookline, Geo. H. Thomas Post 12, of 
Fort Payne, Ala., with its veteran arm}^ mule, which, it is claimed, 
will survive all the meinbers of the Post; Somerville, Geo. C. 
Strong Post 534, of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Quincy, Robert (i. Shaw 
Post 112, of Staten Island, N. Y., and Wakefield, Philip H. 
Sheridan Post 615, of Oak Park, 111. 

Many other towns also provided for the veterans, Imt from 
the foregoing it can be seen what generous aid was furnished 
Boston in her kindly endeavor to abundantly care for tiie great 
veteran army. Nearly every city aud town also tendered excur- 
sions to the Posts quartered within their limits, either to the 
beaches or localities of historic interest, while citizens everywhere 
contributed liberally to the local posts' entertainment funds. 



XATIOXAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE (i. A. H. 101 



THE ARRIVAL OF THE PRESIDENT. 



0\ ^[onday afternoon, August 11, the snow-white cruiser 
lialtiinore of the Navy, entered Boston Harbor. Its 
coming was welcomed l)y a sahite from the outer fortifications. 
The booming of the cannon arrested the attention of citizens and 
visiting veterans, and crowds hastened to the wliarves looking 
down the harbor to welcome by tlieir presence the President of 
the United States. The incoming vessel was met by the revenue 
cutter Gallatin, with the Governor of the Counnonwealth on 
board, together with the collector of the port, Alanson W. Beard, 
and Mr. and Mrs. McKee of tlie President's famil}', and the 
members of the governor's staff, Cliairman Goodale, INIajor King 
of the National committee and several ladies who were transferred 
to the Baltimore where the President was officially welcomed as 
the guest of the Commonwealth. 

The approacli of tlie cruiser to the inner liarlior with the 
President's flag floating in the breeze, accompanied by the Gal- 
latin, the Vigilant of the Health service, and numerous steamers, 
was in itself a triumphal procession, welcomed by the cannon of 
Fort AVarren, the Avar ships and Navy yard, with salutes 1)lown 
by the whistles of all the steamers in the harbor. 

The mayor of tlie city being engaged in welcoming incoming 
Posts was unable to honor the occasion by his presence. The 
city was unotlicially represented, except by members of the 
council on board the steamer J. Putnam Bradlee, wliich joined the 
procession of steamers, together with the Vigilant, having on 
board Chairman "Wilson of the board of. Aldermen, who after the 
<h'pnrturf of the President from tlie Baltimore, extended in brlialf 
of the ^layor a welcome to Admiral (iherardi. Among the others 
on board the boat were Colonel ^lansfield, United States Engineer 
Corps; CoinHiander Katon, I'liited States Navy: Aldermen Peed 
and ( lovt' ; Professor Smvtli and Professor Churchill of the Andover 



102 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOrRTH 

Theological Seminary ; Colonel Horton ; Congressman Gates of 
Alabama ; Sergeant-at-Arms Holmes of the National House of 
Representatives ; Congressman O'Neill of Boston and members 
of the city government. 

The Navy Yard tug Rocket with Captain Selfridge. com- 
mandant of the yard, Captain Matthews, executive officer, and 
Lieutenant-Colonel Hobbs, commanding the marines at the yard, 
on board, joined the fleet off Fort Independence. These gentle- 
men boarded the flag-ship soon after she dropped anchor, and 
paid their respects to Admiral Gherardi. 

Never had there been a grander naval display in Boston har- 
bor. The fleet comprised the Atlanta, Petrel, Kearsarge, Dolphin 
and other ships of the North Atlantic squadron. As the President 
left the Baltimore and approached the shore the congregated thou- 
sands rent the air with their cheers. He was accompanied by 
Secretaries Noble and Rusk of his cabinet and his present secre- 
tary, Halford. 

Carriages were taken and a procession formed Avhich passed 
through Broad, State, Washington, School, Tremont, Boylston 
and Dartmouth Streets to the Hotel Vendome, where a suite of 
rooms had been engaged. The escort was the first battalion of 
cavalry, Maj. H. J. Kemp commanding, companies A and D, or 
as they are called by their local name, the Roxbury Horse 
Guards, Capt. D. F. Henderson, and the Lancers, Capt. E. B. 
Wadsworth. Throughout the line of march the crowds gave loyal 
welcome to the chief magistrate of the Nation. At the Hotel Yen- 
dome was an enormous gathering and it was with great difficulty 
that the police forced an opening so that the President might 
alight. Lining the steps on each side was a detachment of the 
First Corps of Cadets and along the corridors of the suite were 
guards of the same organization. 

The Presidential rooms were profusely ornamented with 
flowers arranged in appropriate and elaborate designs. 

After a brief rest the President, with party and invited 
guests, proceeded to the dining hall, which formed a part of the 
state suite, where a banquet was awaiting, given by the state. 

Governor P>rackett presided, the President sitting upon his 
immediate right, tlien Lieut. -Gov. Haile, Collector Beard, flavor 



XATIOXAL EXCAMP:MENT of the (i. A. It. 103 

Hart, and Hon. Henry H. Sprague, Tresideut of the jNIassachnsetts 
Senate. Ou the Governor's left sat Secretaries Proctor, Noble 
and Rusk, Private- Secretary Halford, Admiral Gherardi, Captain 
Schley, commander of the Baltimore and Hon. William E. 
Barrett, Speaker of the JNIassachnsetts House of Representatives. 
It had been hoped that Vice-President Morton, Secretary Tracy, 
General Sherman and General Corse would be present, but they 
were .en route from Bar Harbor ou the Despatch. General Alger 
was unable to be in attendance as he was a guest at the Parker 
House banquet in honor of Lafayette Post of New York. Gov. 
Leon Abbett of New Jersey came in during the banquet and was 
placed between President Harrison and Lieut. -Gov. Haile. 

Before the close of the banquet President Harrison left to 
attend the banquet which was being given at the Parker House 
by Edward W. Kinsley Post 113, of Boston, to Lafayette Post 
140, of New York. At half-past ten o'clock he returned to the 
liotel, escorted by the cavalry guard. 

During his absence the rotunda of the hotel liad been the 
scene of extreme animation. The fife and drum corps of Van 
Houten Post 3, Jersey City, and other bands of New Jersey gave 
a serenade to Governor Abbett of that state and to Mayor 
Cleveland of Jersey City, enjoyed by throngs of people. 




104 rXOFFKIAL PKOCEEDINGS TWENTY-FoiIiTII 



THE GRAND PARADE. 



B( )STON will never forget, or her hundreds of thousands 
of visitors cease to remember, tlie grand parade which 
formally opened the Encampment, on Tuesday, August l'2th. 
The inspiring sight of 40,000 veterans marching in solid columns, 
tlie tattered battle flags, the strains of martial music and the 
multitudinous cheers produced a scene which cannot be adequately 
pictured. One could hardly realize the fact that after the lapse 
of a quarter of a century such a veteran army could liave been 
brought together. 

The early morning was unpropitious, the sky overcast. At 
the time of the forming of the procession a light mist fell, con- 
tinuing an hour, followed by a cool and partially cloudy day, the 
verj^ best possible condition for a grand parade. 

The crowds began to assemble early in the morning. On 
every street where the parade was to pass, the available space 
from which a sight of the procession might be had, was taken. 
At the arrival of every train at the various depots, the people 
rushed to favorable sight-seeing positions. AVhere was Boston 
going to provide room for them? The Avindows, doorways and 
platforms on the specified thoroughfares were quickly filled and 
the grand and reviewing stands were occupied by the distinguished 
guests. The procession was advertised to have started at half- 
past ten o'clock, but it was an hour later before the signal to 
adA'ance was given. 

The line formed on Commonwealth Avenue and the adjacent 
streets. The Posts at eight o'clock began to take their positions. 
The location for each delegation was designated bj^ flags stationed 
on the park Avhieh runs through the centre of that l)eautiful 
boulevard, and consequently there was no confusion. The move- 
ments of the veterans, the variegated uniforms and the mounted 
aids riding through thr ranks, made a scene "both attractive and 
picturesque. 



NATIOXAI, ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 105 

The decorations aloiiLi; tlie liiu' were artistic and profnse. 
The procession passed nnder an almost nnbroken canoi)y of stars 
and stripes. Multitudes lined every street on the line of inarch, 
and packed every house-top and availal)le place where even a 
glimpse of the passino- grandeur might be obtained. Never 
before since the organization of the Grand Army of tlie Republic 
had so many veterans marched in line, and it is the generally 
accepted belief that never again will there lie a like asseml)ling 
of the members of this organization. 

Just before the signal for starting was given (leneral Alger 
rode along the line and was welcomed and cheered most enthusias- 
tically by the veterans. 

A second demonstration was given to President Harrison, 
who with the members of his cabinet and General Sherman, 
entered carriages at the Hotel Veudome and proceeded to the 
reviewing stand. 

The order of the parade was as follows : — 

ORDER OF THE PARADE. 

Platoon of flfteeu mounted Police Olticers, commanded by Captain E. F. 
Gaskin, of Division 15. 
Carter's Band. 
Eight mounted Buglers from the First Battalion Cavalry. 
Edward W. Kinsley Post 113, Boston, George H. Sawin, Commander. 70 
mounted men, acting as escort to General Alger. 
General Russell A. Alger, Commander-in-Chief. 
>'itii,rf'. Senior Vice-Commander, A. G. Weissert of Milwaukee, »Wis.; 
Junior Vice-Commander, J. F. Lovett of Trenton, N. J.; Surgeon 
General, Horace P. Porter of Oneida, Kan. ; Chaplain, "W. H. Childers 
of Tallisboro, Ky. ; Adjutant-General, George H. Hopkins of Detroit, 
Mich.; Inspector-General, Lewis E. Griffith of Troy, N. Y. ; Judge- 
Advocate General, D. R. Austin of Toledo, Ohio; Assistant Adjutant- 
General, James T. Sterling of Detroit, Mich.; General William 
Coggswell of Salem, Mass., Chief of Staff. 
Aids. Some 300 in number, representing all the difterent departments of 
the Grand Army of the Repulilic. 



DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS. 
Department Conunander, William L. Distin. 
Starf'. Senior Vice-Connnander, , I. H. Harral; Junior Vice-Commander, 
William N. B. Thistlewood ; Adjutant-General. A. D. Reade: Inspec- 
tor-General, Fred Spink: Mustering Officer. F. (i. Bnrdick : Senior 
Aid, J. J. Healey. 



106 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

Aids. J. N. Reece, J. M. Brj-ant, J. B. Clark, Assistant Inspector-Gen- 
eral, W. F. Walcott, Department Chaplain, G. W. Gue. 
Past Department Commanders. General James Martin of Salem ; Philip 
Sidney Post, M. C, of Galesbnrg; Col. James Sexton, postmaster 
of Chicago; Col. A. C. Mathews, first comptroller of the treasury; 
Col. Thomas G. LaAvlor, of Rockford ; representatives, Horace S. 
Clark of Mattoon, C. E. Blackburn of Kirkwood, George R. Lisle of 
Wanhegan, S. A. Oliver of Joliet, Colonel S. McKnight of Girard, 
Colonel Thomas Shaw of Pittsfleld. 

Worcester Band. 
George H. Thomas Post 5, Chicago, H. H. Gage, Commander, 260 men. 
With this Post were comrades of Nevins Post 1 of Rockford ; Lyon 
Post 9 of Chicago and Bartleson Post 6, Joliet, General Thomas' 
headquarters flag, carried through Chickamauga and through his 
closing campaigns, was borne by Lieutenant W. H. Kinney, Company 
C, Eighty-ninth Illinois Infantry, of Thomas Post. 
Will Thomas Post 274, Sterling. L. L. Johnson, Senior Vice-Commander, 

30 men. 
Aurora Post 20, Aurora, J. M. Kennedj', Commander, 45 men. Trans- 
parency inscribed " Home of Lincoln, Grant and Logan. Aurora, 
Illinois," with rising sun. 

U. S. Grant Post Fife and Drum Corps. 
U. S. Grant Post 28, Chicago, Kirk N. Eastman, Commander, 150 men. 

Custer Post 40, Chicago, James O'Donnell, Commander, 55 men. 
Admiral Farragut Post 602, Chicago, George R. Seavey, Commander, 10 

men. 

Veteran Post 49, Elgin, Senior Vice-Commander W. H. Kimball, Com- 

1 mander, 50 men. 

Dunham Post 141, Decatur, R. G. Roberts, Commander, 20 men. 

George G. Meade Post 444, Chicago, Edward Kirk, Jr., Commander, 35 

men. 

Phil Sheridan Post 615, Oak Park, A. L. Cheney, Commander, 36 men.. 

Landau with disabled veterans of Sheridan and Custer Posts. 



DEPARTMENT OF WISCONSIN. 

E. B. Walcott Post 1 Drum and Fife Corps. 
Department Commander, General Benjamin F. Bryant. 

Staff. Assistant Adjutant-General, D. D. Gray of Milwaukee ; Senior 
Vice-Commander, James K. Coon of Merrill; Department Chaplain, 
J. II. Whitney of Barraboo ; Medical Director, 0. F. Carlsen of 
Milwaukee. 

Aids. H. G. Rogers, L. Ferguson, James Davidson, Headquarters 
Banner-Sergeant, A. Bluel, Past Department Commander-Generals, 
Lucius Fairchild and Governor W. D. Hoard. "Peck's Bad Boy," 
the live Wisconsin badger of Mayor George Peck of Milwaukee, was 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 107 

carried by Past Junior Vice-Commander George Sutherland, one 
of Sherman's Bummers, who wore a full suit of trapper's buckskin, 
and was assisted by comrades JNIorris ]McKennon, A. Heuwood and 
George Spratt. 
E. B. Walcott Post 1, Milwaukee, E. \l. Stillraan, Commander, 100 men. 

George Harvey Post u7, Racine, Robert Bell, Commander, 12 men. 
Frank A. Haskell Post 146, Columbus, I. II. Ford, Commander, 14 men. 

Cutter Post 55, Warsaw, William Mahoney, Commander, 20 men. 
W. H. Sargeant Post 20, Janesville, J. T. Wilcock, Commander, 6 men. 
C. C. Washburn Post 11, Madison, Jolin W. Hudson, Commander, 40 men. 

Robert Chivas Post 2, ^Milwaukee, M. P. Walsh, Commander, 12 men. 
Edward A. Clapp Post 15, Hudson, D. B. Jewell, Senior Vice-Com- 
mander, men. 
Henry Bertram Post 194, Oconomowoc, 4 men. 
Henry Randall Post 202, Dartford, 3 men. 
George G. Egelson L'ost, Appleton, 8 men. 
A. F. Mathrece Post 149, Waterloo, 4 men. 

H. F. Swift Post 139, Edgerton, 4 men. 
Frank H. Potter Post of Cambridge, 2 men. 

Phillips Post 182, Price county, 2 men. 

Rank and File Post of Milwaukee, 10 men. 

Robert Miller Post 25. 

Thomas Post 174, Lime Ridge, 4 men. 

Charles G. Beacon Post 48, Neillsville, 3 men. 

W. H. Hamilton Post. 

Captain Schilling with the National Flag, accompanied by his daughters. 

Misses Selma and Matilda Schilling, dressed as vivandieres. 



DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA. 
Department Commander, Major J. F. Dennitson. 
Staff. Senior Vice-Commander, John R. Osier ; Junior Vice-Commander, 
Colonel Shattuck; Chaplain, John Sayers ; Medical Director, Dr. 
Burchfield; Judge Advocate, G. ILarry Davis; Inspector-General, 
Abraham Lovering. 
CiiundJ of Administration. William Emsley, Eli G. Sellers, William E. 
Horrocks, John F. Hunter, Levi W. Shingle, Assistant Adjutant- 
General, Samuel P. Town. 

Jennings' Sixth Regiment Cornet Band. 
George G. Meade Post 1, Philadelphia, G. Harry Davis, Commander, 150 

men . 
Meade Post Veteran Color Guard, Captain C. IM. Beale, carrying the two 
original flags which waved over the famous Cooper Shop in Phila- 
delphia from 18(11 to 18G5, and 24 tattered, battered liattle flags. 
Post 2 Flute and Drum Corps. 
Armed Guard of Post 2, Captain J. T. Hickman, 32 men. 



108 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWEXTY-FOUKTH 

Post 2. Philadelphia, James G. Cooper, Commander, 125 men. 
U. S. Grant Post Drum and Fife Corps. 
General U. S. Grant Post 5, Philadelphia, James McLaui^hlin, Com- 
mander, 45 men. 
Comrades of Ellis Post 6, German town. 
Cai)tain Walter S. Newhall Post 7, Philadelphia, William Gilman, 

Commander, 90 men. 
Delegation of the Pennsylvania Bucktails, Post 11>1, Pennsylvania 

Reserves. 

Frankenfleld's West Philadelphia Band. 

Baker Post Cadets, Captain C. J. Handler, 35 men. 

E. D. Baker Post 8, Philadelphia, John S. French, Commander, 185 men. 

General Zook Post Drum and Fife Corps. 
General S. K. Zook Post 11, Norristown, Duncan Forsyth, Commander, 

100 men. 
J. F. Reynolds Post 71, Philadelphia, Richmond Joynes, Commander, 

40 men. 

McLean Post 16, Reading, W. II. Houck, Commander, 66 men. 

E. S. Griffin Post 139, Philadelphia, E. W. Pierce, Commander, 130 men. 

Ellis Post 6, Germantown, Albert Isinger, Commander, 25 men. 
Philip Schuyler Post 51, Philadelphia, W. N. Taggart, Commander, 

128 men. 

Birney Post 63, Philadelphia, Augustus Luker, Commander, 24 men. 

J. C. Hull Post 157, Pittsburgh, W. J. Patterson, Commander, 12 men. 

McPherson Post 117, Pittsburgh, L. S. Houghton, Commander, 20 men. 

John B. Clark Post 162, Allegheny City, H. C. Bair in command, 35 men. 

John A. Koltes Post 228, Philadelphia, Charles Horsch, Commander, 

6 men. 
Pennsylvania Reserves 191, Philadelphia, Corporal Bell in command, 

6 men. 

Athletic Military Band, 25 pieces. 

Anna M. Ross Post 94, Philadelphia, William Cojipelberger. Commander, 

130 men. 

Lysle Post 128, Allegheny, Alexander Dawson, Commander, 125 men. 

George Gowan Post 23, Pottsville, Isaac B. Rich, Commander, 20 men. 

Naval Post 400, Philadelphia. Joseph V. Ilorne, Commander, 60 men. 

^Courtland Saunders Post 21, Philadelphia, William Bromwood, 

Commander, 20 men. 

Charles Sumner Post 103 (colored), Philadelphia, A. Haines. Commander, 

10 men. 
John A. Logan Post 115, Philadelphia, W. B. Gilmore. Commander, 

30 men. 

Post 58, Harrisburg, George G. Boyle, Commander, 10 men. 

Robinson Post 20, Hazleton, Nathan Schaefter, Commander, 7 men. 

Fred Taylor Post 19. Philadelphia, James X. Calely. Commander, 

10 men. 



NATIONAL ENCAMl'MENT OF THE G. A. K. lO*) 

Geor.ire Smith I'ost 79. Conslioliocken, Samuel Coats in foiniiiaiul. 

Lawry Post 548, Wilkensbura;, Thomas McCune, Commauder, 12 men. 

Georiie B. McCIellan Tost 515, Sclnveniisville, I. E. Hunsicker in 

command, 4 men. 
Josiali Wliite Tost 45, Phoenixville, John McCloskey, in command, 

i;5 men. 

J. J. Andrews Post 70, Correy, Seth Weeks, Commander, 5 men. 

James Ilamm Post 198, Honesdale, Graham Watts, Commander. 4 men. 



DEPARTMENT OF OHIO. 

Department Comnumder, P. H. Dowlinij. 
Staff. Qnartermaster-General, W. R. Alcorn ; Assistant Adjutant-General, 
Charles Reed; Senior Vice-Commander, C. M. Hassler: Medical 
Director, C. M. Galloway; Department Inspector, W. M. Reeser ; 
Chief Mustering Ofhcer, E. S. Billis; Chief Aid, C. M. Reynolds; 
Judge R. H. Brewster, Comrade C. W. R. Cline. 

Fremont Light Guard Band of Fremont. 

Toledo Drixm Corps. 

Delegates from the Department of Ohio, to the number of Kin. under 

command of Captain J. T. Roper. 

J. il. Wells Post Drum Corps of Columlius. 

Grand Army of the Republic Drill Corps of CoUnnbus. Captain A. G. 

Chapman, 30 men. 

J. ^I. Wells Post 451, Columbus, T. Jetlrey, Commander, 125 men. 

Buckeye Brigade, Columbus, Col. C. W. Geer, 30 men. 

Forsyth Post Drum Corps. 

Forsyth Post of Toledo, J. W. Cook, Commander, 100 men. 

George H. Thomas Post 13, Cincinnati, Joini Kisane, Commander 

200 men. 

Old Guard Post 23, Dayton, Park Rusl)y, Commander, 73 men. 

Augustus Willis Post 195, Cincinnati, Max Silber1)erg, Commander, 

25 men. 

George B. Wliitcoml) Post 189, I). W. C. Belleville, Commander, 25 men. 

W. H. Lytle Post 47, Cincinnati, Charles Collins, Commander. 

75 men. 

Buckley Post 12, Cincinnati, A. P. Baldwin, Commander, 50 men. 

Bond Post 12, Grand Rapids, 3 men. 

Memorial Post 141, Cleveland, G. C. Barnes, Commander, 75 men. 

Middleport Post 125, Middleport, F. M. Cline, Commander. 2n men. 

Charles Lyon Post 447, Kingerville, 2 men. 

MemV)ers of Steadnum, Orrin G. Crane and Forrest City Posts, with 

the Cincinnati delegation. 

Niel Post 62, Sidney. 



11(1 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK. 

Department Coininander, Floyd Clarkson. 
Staff. Senior Vice-Commander, II. B. Webb ; Junior Vice-Commander. G. 
C. Hibbard; Medical Director, II. W. Carpenter; Chaplain, , Kobert F. 
Hurley, D. D. ; Assistant Adjutant-General, L. C. Brackett; Quarter- 
master-General, Theodore Fieldstein ; Assistant Quartermaster-Gen- 
eral, Charles Appleby ; Judge Advocate, Martin T. McMahon ; Inspec- 
tor, Alfred Lythe ; Chief Mustering Officer, James F. Ashley. 
Aids. G. A. Price, Dudley F. Phelps, W. P. Rooms, C. G. Dobbs, C. H. 
Freeman, Samuel Collins, H. B. Webb, A. M. Cudner, Frederick 
Cossun, W. D. Russell, J. S. Koster, J. E. Clark, JVIartin Sadler, 
Robert Wilson, W. S. Duryea, Francis Saddler. 
New York 7th Regiment Band. 
Lafayette Post 140, New York, Gen. Egbert L. Viele, Commander, 

150 men. 

OKoites Post Band, 45 pieces. 

OKoites Post 32, New York, Fred Leitseige, Commander, 140 men. 

Kearney Fife and Drum Corps. 
Phil Kearney Post 8, New York, A. I. Decker, Commander, 50 men. 

Rankin Drum and Fife Corps. 

Rankin Post 10, Brooklyn, Alexander Jeffrey, Commander, 125 men. 

Band of Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, 65 pieces. 

Steinwehr Post 192, New York, Jastron Alexander, Commander, 6S men. 

Jackson Sons of Veterans Drum Corps. 

Jackson Post 644, Albany, S. T. Bentham, Commander, 53 men. 

Ricker Post Drum Corps. 

Ricker Post 62, New York, William Rahling, Commander, 75 men. 

Anderson Zouaves Post 62, New York, George H. Mosen, Captain, 

62 men. 

Natick Band. 

Alexander Hamilton Post 182, W. T. Wood, Commander, 75 men. 

Willard Drum Corps. 

G. L. Willard Post 34, Troy, C. M. Leet, Commander, 75 men. 

Kilpatrick Drum and Fife Corps. 

Judson Kilpatrick Post 143, Tottenville, Staten Island, Samuel H.Bailey, 

Commander, 70 men. 

Wade Band. 

Wade Post 520, New York, John A. Blair, Commander, 35 men. 

Morgan Drum Corps. 

E. D. Morgan Post 307, New York, Alexander Newberger, Commander, 

40 men. , 

Abraham Lincoln Post 13, New York, Thomas AValsh, Commander, 

25 men. 

Sons of Veterans Drum Corps. 

Lew 0. Morris Post 121, Albany, George M. Holmes, Commander, 

70 men. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. U. Ill 

Miuislield Drum Corps. 

Mansflekl Post 85, Brooklyn, John Brown, Commander, 300 men. 

EUsAvorth Post 619, Saratoga County, J. AV. Smith, Commander, 

.50 men. 
Greeley Fife and Drum Corps. 

Horace Greeley Post .")77, New York, Georsi:e H. Moore, Commander, 

70 men. 

Keno Fife and Drum Corps. 

Reno Post 44, New York, Philip S. Biglin, Commander, (;0 men. 

General John A. McConnie Post 185, Troy, 50 men. 

Hamilton Fife and Drum Corps. 

L. M. Hamilton Post 152, East New York, P. J. Kennedy, Commander, 

45 men. 

Tottenville Drum Corps. 

Lenhart Post 10:5, Tottenville, Staten Island, David C. Johnson, 

Commander, 17 men. 

R. G. Shaw Post 12, New Brighton, Staten Island. E. Openshaw, 

Commander, 50 men. 

Plymouth (Mass.) Band. 

IT. S. Grant Post 327, Brooklyn, C. J. Collins, Commander, 125 men. 

George C. Strong Drum Corps. 

George C. Strong Post 534, Brooklyn, David W. Wilson, Commander, 

125 men. 

Richmond Post 524, New York, Bernard Mullen, Commander, 20 men. 

Hunting Drum and Fife Corps. 

Edward Hunting Post 353, New York, S. A. Hawkins, Commander, 

53 men. 
Lew Benedict Post 5, Albany, J. R. Terwilliger, Commander, 35 men. 

P. E. S. Young Post 33, Amsterdam, M. Dove, Commander, 35 men. 
Giflbrd D. Bailey Post 200, Lowville, H. E. Turner, Commander. 36 men. 

Eighth Brigade, J. 1^. Cleary, Colonel. 
O'Rourke Post and Drill Corps, Rochester, P. C. Flemming, Commander, 

40 men. 

Fife and Drum Corps. 

Mozart Veteran Association, New York, M. Cannon, Colonel, 20 men. 



DEPARTMENT OF CONNECTICUT. 

Department Commander, John C. Broatch, Post 53, Middletown. 
Staff. Chief of Staff, Assistant Adjutant-General John H. Thatcher, 
Post 50, Hartford; Henry N. Fantou, Senior Vice-Commander, Post 
18, Danbury ; B. E. Smith, Junior Vice-Commander, Post 30, 
AVillimantic ; M. W. Robinson, Medical Director, Post 0, Colchester; 
D. H. Miller, D.D., Chaplain, Post 65, Mystic; William E. :\Iorgan, 
Quartermaster General, Post 17, Ncav Haven ; James N. Coe, Inspector, 
Post 17, New Haven ; Samuel H. Seward, Judge Advocate, Post 54, 
Putnam; Albert F. Hall, Chief Mustering Officer, Post 8, Meriden ; 
F. D. BreAvster, aide-de-camp, Post 53, Middletown. 



112 L'NOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

Tubb'.s Military Band. XorAvicli. 

Sedgwick Post 1. Norwich, K. Feckliam, Coiniiiander, 150 men. 

City Drum Corps, Hartford. 

Xatlianiel Lyon Post 2, Hartford, H. F. Roberts, Commander, 75 men. 

Elias Howe, Jr., Band, Bridgeport. 

Elias Howe, Jr., Post 3, Bridgeport, John R. Howe, Commander, 75 men. 

Drake Post 4, South Manchester, Henry BarroAvs, Commander, 40 men. 

McGregor Post 27, Dennisonville, E. S. Xash, Commander, 40 men. 

Meriden Fife and Drum Corps. 

Mcriam Post 8, Meriden, A. W. Harvey, Commander. 125 men. 

A. H. Dutton Post 30, "Wallingford, Jacob Job, Commander, 20 men. 

Morton A. Taintor Post 9, Colchester, M. W. Robinson, Commander, 

30 men. 

Independent Fife and Drum Corps, Newbury. 

Stanley Post 11, Ncav Britain, C. B. Erickson, Commander, 135 men. 

Burnside Post 62, Unionville, Thomas Brooks, Commander, 23 men. 

Winter Post 43, Stafford Springs, Reuben Burleigh, Commander, 30 men. 

Sons of Veterans Drum Corps, Bristol. 
Gilbert W. Thompson Post 13, Bristol, George J. Shubert, Commander, 

48 men. 

Nathan Hale Drum Corps, Bethel. 

James E. Moore Post 18, Danbury, A. Morehouse, Jr., Commander. 8 men. 

Hobble Post 23, Stamford, Eli E. Palmer, Commander, 18 men. 

Kellogg Post Drum Corps, Birmingham. 

Kellogg Post 26, Birmingham, L. P. French, Commander, 54 men. 

Willimantic Fife and Drum Corps. 

Francis S. Long Post 30, Willimantic, Thomas Handley, Commander, 

28 men. 
• T. G. Brown Post 97, Chaplin, W. C. Burdick, Commander, 13 men. 

Upson Post 40, Seymour, John H. Riggs, Comuumder, 40 men. 
George Van Home Post 39, Milford, S. A. Warburtou, Commander, 

25 men. 
John M. Norris Post 66, AVeathersfleld, George W. Adams, Commander, 

20 men. 

Burpee Post 71, Rockville, D. F. Andrews, Commander. 30 men. 

St. Mary's Band, Putnam. 

A. G. Warner Post 54, Putnam, William C. Beebe, Commander, 100 men. 

W. W. Perkins Post 47, NeAv London, M. P. Johnson, Commander, 50 men. 

Samuel Brown Post 56, Thompsonville, F. E. Hastings, Commander, 

56 men. 
N. S. Mauross Post 57, Forestville, R. A. Potter, Commander, 35 men. 
James B. Kilburn Post 77, Plainfleld, James P. Pullette, Commander, 

35 men. 
Hancock Post 81, Stonington, W. H. Burdick, Connuander, 50 men. 

Mansfield Post 53 Band, Middletown. 
Mansfield Post 53, Middletown, M. S. Dunn, Commander, 120 men. 



NATION Vr. r.NCAMI'MKNT Ol' THE C. A. K. 113 

W. Fowler Post 48, South Norwalk, Frederick Arnold. Comiiiiiuder, 

'Jo men. 
AVadliani Post 4;i. Waterbury. .lohu S. Hayes. Commander, ;')S men. 

Moodiis Fife and Drum Corps, Moodus. 

Kol)ert O. Tyler Post 50, Hartford, W.Clark, Commander, 17.". men. 

Marvin Wate Post 51, Hartford, Alnion H. Boswortli, Commander, 20 men. 

T. M. Kedsliaw Post 75, Ansonia. A. P. Ivirkham. Connnander, 5.". men. 

General Steinbui'ii' I'osi 7(!. New Haven, Louis Trappee. Commander, 

28 men. 

Buckiuii'liaiii Post 12, Xorwalk, A. Hanselieldt. Commander, 40 men. 

Admiral Foote Post 17, Colored Pioneer Corps, \e\v Haven. .lames H. 

Wilkins, Commander, 80 men. 

Salem Cadet Corps. 

Admiral Foote Post IS, Xew Haven, X. I. Striekland, Commander, 

475 men. 

DEPARTMENT OF NEW JERSEY. 
Department Commander, A. M. Matthews. 
Staff. Senior Vice-Commander, J. A. Wildrick, Post 97, Bt'lvidere; 
Junior Vice-Commander, J. M. Atwood, Post 73, Plainfield ; Medical 
Director, Dr. W. A. Conover, Post 18, Hackettstown ; Chaplain, C. 
E. Hill, Post 61, Red Bank; Assistant Adjutant-General, Thomas 
Pearson, Post 11, Xewark; Assistant Quartermaster-General, H. L. 
Hartshorn, Post 5, Camden; Department Inspector, John F. Pratt, 
Post 12, Orange; Chief Mustering Officer, Joseph L. Franklin, Post 
31, Woodbury; Judge-Advocate, W. J. Buckley, Post 28, Paterson ; 
L. H. Bi'idgem, Post 5, Xewark, Council of Administration ; Past 
Department Commander, Edward Burd Grnbb, Post 21, Beverly; 
Chief of Stall', Joel Vv^ilson, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Post 
HI, Xe-wton ; Senior Aide-de-Cainp, George E. Martin, Post 5, 
Camden; Alfred H. MatHiews and Charles II. Walker, Aids. 
Patriarchs Militant Band of Boston. 
Uzal Dodd Post 12, Oi'ange, Dr. W. D. Ilobinson, Commander, 75 men. 
Bayard Post Drum Corps. 
Bayard Post 8, Trenton, J. W. Hoyle, Commander, 100 men. 
Lincoln Fife and Drum Corps. 
Lincoln Post 11, Xewark, C. E. Clearman, Commander, 110 men. 
West Jersey League, represented by T. M. K. Lee, Jr., Post 5, Camden, 
Arthur Stanley, Commander, 45 men, and William B. Hatch Post 37, 
Camden, (icorgc W. Ferguson, Commander, 20 men. 
Aaron Wilkes Post Band. 
Aaron Wilkes Post 23, Trenton, Budd S. Bodine, Commander, 133 men. 
G. Van Houten Post Band. 
G. Van Houten Post 3, Jersey City, E. Sands, Commander, 170 men. 
Winfleld Scott Post 73, Plainfield, Charles B. Steplums, Commandei , 

17 men. 



114 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

Marcus L. Ward Drum Corps. 
Marcus L. Ward Post 88, Newark, Joseph Hattersle}', Commander, GO 

men. 

D wight Post 103, EngleAvood, J. H. Buckleys Commander, 15 men. 

Arrowmith Post 61, Red Bank, Charles Curtis, Commander, 20 men. 

Judson Kilpatrick Post C>4, Elizabeth, Edwin Marsh, Commander, 10 men. 

Kearney-Janeway Post 15, New Brunswick, J. T. Whittier, Commander, 

30 men. 
Chaplain Butler Post 35, Paterson, J. H. Cole, Commander, 10 men. 
John G. Tolmie Post 50, Phillipsburg, Allen J. Clifton, Commander, 

10 men. 
General George B. McClellan Post 99, Frenchtown, John Misson, Com- 
mander, 16 men. 
Gabriel R. Paul Post 101, AVestwood, T. A. Ilaring, Commander, 12 men. 



DEPARTMENT OF MAINE. 

Department Commander, John D. Anderson. 
Staf. A. E. Nickerson, Swanville, member of Council of Administra- 
tion ; Assistant Adjutant-General, Edward C. Milliken, Portland; 
General B. B. Murray, Pembroke, Aide-de-Camp ; Senior Aide-de- 
Camp, Colonel Henry G. Staples, Augusta; Harlon P. Ingalls, Port- 
land; J: E. Alexander, Brunswick; Captain Chas. Baker, Belfast; 
George H. Fisher, Monroe; J. A. Hobbs, South Waterboro'; Joseph 
L. Small, Biddeford; Assistant Inspector, J. F. Lamb, Auburn. 
National Home Band, Togus. 
Honorable Hannibal Hamlin, ex- Vice-President of the United States; 
General Selden Connor, General I. S. Bangs, General John D. Ross, 
Past Department Commanders H. S. Burbank, S. W. Lane and F. 
M. Drew, Assistant Department Quartermaster-General B. F. Beals, 
Captain L. J. IVIorse, Dr. A. R. Lincoln, surgeon First Maine Heavy 
Artillery, in carriages. 
Cutler Post -18, Togus, 70 men, T. C. Goodwin, Commander, escort to the 

Department Commander. 
Major W. H. (ireen, Portland, Commander of the Cumberland Company 

Battalion. 

Portland Band. 

Bosworth Post 2, Portland, William S. Dunn, Commander, 200 men. 

Drum Corps. 

Thatcher Post 111, Portland, A. H. Prince, Commander, 100 men. 

Mountforth Post 22, Brunswick, Philip R. Goodrich, Commander, 

40 men. 
Bridgton & Harrison Posts 27 and 153, G. ;M. Burwell, Commander, 

30 men. 

Standish Band. 

Chas. A. Warren Post, Standish, S. H. Dresser, Commander, 75 men. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPJIKNT OF THE G. A. R. 115 

J. D. Fessenden I'ost, Freeport. James II. Bunks, Coiiimaiuler, ;>u men. 

Band. 
Clondman Tost Kio, Saccarappa, Hczekiali Ehvell, Commander, so men. 
W. L. HaskellPost Kis, Yarmoutli, Joseph A. Chase, Commanchn-, 20 men. 
Geo. E. Shepley Post 7S, Gray, 11. H. Mountfourth, Commander, 15 men. 

Willard Post 70, Sprinavale, J. F. Day, Commander, 80 men. 

E. B. Chiyton Post l;'.4, Stronsi'. George T. Jacobs. Commander, 23 men. 

H. Bolster, South Paris, Commander of the Oxford County Brigade. 

Turner Band. 

Harry Rush Post 54, Norway, 26 men. 

W. K. Kiml)all Post 148, South Paris, Leonard Briggs, Commander, 

13 men. 

Fessenden Post, Buckfield, H. A. Conant, Commander, 15 men. 

A. M. Whitman Post C?, Bryants Pond, J. L. Bowker, Commander, 

in men. 

Rumford Post 41, 9 men. 

Charles S. Stevens Post 70, Castine, George A. Wheeler, Commander, 

40 men. 

Vining Post 107, "Windsor, Luther B. Jennings, Commander, 20 men. 

T. A. Roberts Post 49, Oxford, W. R. Farris, Commander, 30 men. 

Grover Post 126, Fryeburg, T. E. Eastman, Commander, 27 men. 

L. D. Kidder Post, Dixfleld; Demerritt Post, Peru; Parker Post, Lovell 

Centre ; 10 men each. 

Colonel Isaac Dyer, Commander of the Somerset County 15attalion. 

Band. 

Russell Post 90, Skowhegan, George B. Sartbrd, Commander, CO men. 

X. F. Blunt Post 109, Bingham, Horatio B. Baker, Commander, 12 men. 

E. 0. C. Ord Post 91, North Anson, E. F. Sprague, Commander, 12 men. 
V. A. Weston Post, Madison, H. H. Steward, Commander, 13 men. 

George Goodwin Post 32, St. Albans, H. C. Coston, Commander, 15 men. 
Colonel Anson Wardsworth, Commander of the Waldo County Battalion. 
Thos. H. Marshall Post 42, Belfast, W. C. Dilworth, Commander, 75 men. 

F. McGilvery Post 30, Searsport, H. N. Edwards, Commander, 25 men. 
Warren Post 66, Winterport, Benjamin Atwood, Commander, 30 men. 
James E. Hall Post 53, Bucksport, S. P. Lagross, Commander, 2S men. 
E. M. Billings Post 74, Monroe, George B. Ordway, Commander, 25 men. 

E. H. Bradstreet Post 44, Liberty, Ithiel Pease, Commander, 25 men. 

Grant Post 91, New Hampshire, 16 men. 

AV. H. H. Kice Post 56, Ellsworth, Francis A. Macomber, Commander, 

16 men. 

Custer Post 6, Lewiston, Chas. S. Crowell, Commander, 75 men. 

J. Knowles Post 52, Corinna, George R. Barker, Commander, 20 men. 

G. K. Xorris Post 27, Monmouth, E. A. Richardson, Commander, 15 men. 
W. S. Heath Post 14, Waterville, P. S. Heald, Commander, 30 men. 

H. F. Sartbrd Post 8, Dexter, H. A. Johnson, Commander, 10 men. 



116 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOrRTH 

Calvin S. rilley Post 35, Unity, Kenben libodes, Commander, 1.5 men. 

E. II. Beal Post 12, Bangor, A.B. Farnham, Commander, 125 men. 

J. P. Ilarj-is Post 60, North Dixmont, L. I). Smith, Commander, 28 men. 

Charles Keizer Post 135,- Waldoboro', Kaymond "W. Iloffscs, Commander, 

27 men. 

Drum Corps. 

Bradbury Post 15, INIachias, Stephen Hadley, Commander, 30 men. 

Setli "Williams Post 13, Augusta, Dr. "William McDavid, Commander, 

50 men. 

BroAvn Post 84, Betliel, Arthur M. Bean, Commander, 30 uien. 

.Joseph W. Lincoln Post 113, Sidney, James H. Bean, Commander, 

17 men. 

E. G. Parker Post 99, Kittery, Jethro H. Swett, Commander, 56 men. 
N. W. Mitchell Post 80, "West Xewfield, A. H. Langley, Commander, 

52 men. 
-John ^V. Brown Post 117, "Waterboro, "V^. C. Goodwin, Commander, 

15 men. 

Fred S. Gurney Post 36, Saco, Francis J. Cousins, Commander, 40 men. 

"Wade Post 123, Presque Isle, James H. Phair, Commander, 18 men. 

Cooper Post 124, Union, J. Sleeper, Commander, 24 men. 

Vinalhaven Band. 

Edwin Libby Post 16, Rockland, John W. Titus, Commander, 100 men. 

Lafayette Carver Post 45, "Vinalhaven, "V\''ooster S. Vinal, Commander, 

23 men. 

Bath Drum Corps — Continentals. 

Sedgwick Post 4, Bath, George T. Silsbj-, Commander, 75 men. 

Horse captured at the battle of Cedar Creek, and brouglit home by 

General T. "W. Hyde. 

Webster Post 9, Kennebunk, "Wm. F. Bowen, Commander, 30 men. 

J. S. Sanborn Post 31, Milo, Asa S. Carver, Commander, 40 men. 

Thomas F. Rideout Post 25, Bowdoinham, "Wm. A. "Wood, Commander, 

15 men. 
Sergeant "Wyman Post 97, Oakland, Charles "W. Henley, Commander, 

18 men. 

Harlow Dunbar Post 59, Newcastle, C. E. Ames, Commander, 40 men. 

Meade Post 40, Eastport, John A. Lowe, Commander, 30 men. 

Major B. F. Hill, Auburn, Commander of the Androscoggin Battalion. 

Fife and Drum Corps. , 

Wilson Post 17, North Turner, Shirley Merrill, Commander, 30 men. 

Kimball Post 38, Livermore Falls, George Tarr, Commander, 25 men. 

Burnside Post 47, Auburn, Charles L. Metcalf , Commander, 100 men. 

Heath Post 6, Gardiner, J. W. P. Johnson, Commander, 50 men. 

Libby Post 93, Litchfield, A. C. True, Commander, 20 men. 

David Escancey Post 69, Appleton, E. D. Gushnell, Commander, 50 men. 

George S. Cobb Post 63, Camden, J. W. Acliorn, Commander, 45 men. 



NATroXAI. KNCAMl'MENT OV THE C. A. It. 117 

DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA. 
Depavtiiiout ('omiiiaiick'r, A. J. Buckles. 
Staff. Senior Vicc-Coiniiiaiider, A. E. Mintie; Past Depart incut Coui- 
niandcr. Colonel \V . \l. Sniedber.ii": Junior Vice-Coniuiander. W. If. 
Whartt"; Delegates M. K. Tate, A. E. Leavitt ; T. K. Stelelier, In- 
spector. 
Lincoln Post 1, San Francisco, L. Hopewell, Connuauder. 2."> uieu. 
Georsre W. DeLonij,- I'ost 4.'>, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, W. 11. Wauner, 
Commander, 5 men. 
.1. A. Garfield Post ;U, San Francisco, A. W. Ba])cock, Connuauder. 



DEPARTMENT OF RHODE ISLAND. 

Department Comnuiuiier. Benjauuu F. Da\is. 
Sf'iff. Senior Vice-Connnander, Benjamin H. Childs ; Junior A'ice-( Oui- 
mauder, George M. Turner: Assistant Adjutant-General, E. M. 
Prentiss; Judge-Advocate. Nathan B. Lewis; Quartermaster-General, 
D.ivid S. Ray: Councilors of Administration, William A. Harris. 
Ileniy S. Gluey. Henry C. Luther; Past Senior Vice-Commander-in- 
Chief, Eli.sha H. Rhodes; Past Department Commanders, H. L. Hall. 
Charles C. Gray, (iideon Spencer, Edwin C. Pomeroy, Alonzo 
Williams, Charles II. Williams. Charles B. Braytou, Major Henry U. 
Barker of Providence. A. K. MacMalion and 2.") aides-de-cami). 
Reeves' American Band. 
Prescott Post 1, Providence William A. Spicer, Commander. 2i)i) uu-u. 
Pleasant \'ie\v Drum. Fife and Bugle Cori)S. 
IJnrnside Post 2, Shannock, Klisha Whitford, Commander, ]:'> men. 
IJallou Post ;?, Central Falls. Theodore F. Dexter, Commaiuler. 12.". men. 
Fred E. Davis Camp, Sons of Veteran Drum Corps. 
Arnold Post 4, Providence. W. F. Hutchinson, Commander, 12."i men. 
General I\euo Post (1. ICast (;reeu\vich. Auuustus Paine. Connuauder. 

20 men. 

Cari>entt'rs" Drum Corps of Waketield. H. I. 

Sedgwick Post 7. Peacedale. David Hudson, Connuauder. .".n men. 

Charles F. Lawton Post .">, Nt'wport. ( ». I?. Laugeley, ComuKinder, 7.'> men. 

Farrag'it Post s, Riverside, Robert Laird, Commander. ('>(» uumi. 

Woonsocket Continental Band. 

Smith Post ;•. Woonsocket, T. A. Buell, Commander, loo men. 

Disley National Band of Providence. 

hilocum Tost JO. I'roN idence, William Stone. Commandei'. 2(m) men. 

I\i's Post Drum Corps. 

Thomas Post 1 1 . .Vpponaugh, Robert M, !'ollai-d. Couuuandcr. .'m nicii. 

Ives Post l.">. Pro\ idence. .lohn A. Jenkins. CouuiunHler, loo men. 

( '<uni)tou Conu-t Rand. 

McGregor Post 14. I'luenix. James Corcoran. Connuauder. Rin nu'U. 



118 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

Bristol Fife, Drum and Buirle Corps. 

Babbitt Post 15, liristol, II. S. Bennett, Commander, 60 men. 

Charles C. Baker Post 10, Wliitford, C. M. Arnold, Commander, 30 men. 

PaAvtucket City Band. 

ToAver Post 17, Pawtu(!ket, Joseph F. Means, Commander, 140 men. 

Sheffield City Band. 

Biidlong Post 18, "Westerly, George Bellamy, Commander, CO men. 

Union Brass Band. 

Bucklin Post 20, and Starboard Watch Squad, Orlando Freeman, 

Commander, 150 men. 

General Warren Post 21, Newport, J. J. Greene, Commander, 34 men. 

Lincoln Post 22, Hope Valley, E. P. Clark, Commander, 25 men. 
F. W. Goddard Post 23, Berkley, C. H. Collins, Commander, 15 men. 



DEPARTMENT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

First Division. 

Department Commander, Thomas Coggswell. 

Chief of Staff, Daniel M. White; Medical Director, Eoyall B. Prescott; 

Chaplain, James K. Ewer. 
Staff. Senior Vice-Commander, George E. Hodgdon ; Assistant Adjutant- 
General, George B.Lane; Assistant Quartermaster-General, Alraon 
J. Farrar ; Inspector, Horace J. Kenney ; Judge-Advocate, Alvin 
Burleigh; Chief Mustering Officer, Charles R. Parsons. 
Aides-de-Camp. J. M. Clough, William S. Carter, Lyman II. Lamphrey, 
J. W. Crosby, T. P. Cheney, J. W. Adams. 

Rublees' Band of Lake Village. 
John L. Perley, Jr., Post 37, Laconia, A. B. Woodward, Commander, 

100 men. 
Past Department Commanders Daniel J. Vaughn, Portsmouth; Augi;stus 
H. Bixby, Manchester; W. H. Trickey, Dover; Alvin S. Eaton, 
Nashua; Martin A. Haynes, Lake Village; John C. Linehan, Pena- 
cook; Marcus M. Collins, Portsmouth; Otis C. Wyatt, Tilton ; A. B. 
Thompson, Concord; James F. Grimes, Hillsboro. 
Storer Post 1, Portsmouth, M. H. Bell, Commander, 150 men. 
Kearsarge Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps. 
Chadwick Post 70, Deerfield, F. Trueworthy, Commander, 12 men. 
Custer Post 47, Conway, B. F. Clark, Commander, 40 men. 
Daniel White Post G, Peterboro, A. L. Murphy, Commander, 53 men. 
Lafayette Band of Great Falls. 
Littlefleld Post 8, Great Falls, Herman Hurd, Commander, 75 men. 
John E. Willis Post 59, Gorham, C. G. Hamlin, Commander, 25 men. 
W. S. Hancock Post 8, Alstead, George P. Dickey, Commander, 40 men. 

Sampson Post 22, Rochester, John Pugsley, Commander, 40 men. 
Oliver W. Lull Post 11, Milford, E. A. Fessenden, Commander, 50 men. 



NATIONAL ENCAMTiMENT OF THE G. A. K. 119 

llallis Drum Corps. 

P^xeter Cornet Band. 

Moses N. Collins Post 2G, Exeter, George L. Stockel, Commander, 

40 men. 

Dover Di'ura Corps. 

B. ^Y. Sawjer Tost 17, Dover, John R. Ham, Commander, loO men. 

Hampton Brass Band. 

Perkins Post 78, Hampton, J. W. Warner, Commander, 30 men. 

Natt Head Post 72, Fitzwilliam, Samuel S. Stone, Commander, 25 men. 

John A. Logan Post 21, Seabrook, John W. Locke, Commander, 20 men. 

Danville Drum Corps. 

Walter ILarriraan Post 90, Danville, Joseph Avery, Commander, 25 men. 

North Salem Drum Corps. 

Joe Hooker Post 51, Fremont, D. W. Coffin, Commander, 25 men. 

Upton Post 45, Derrjs William IL Thomas, Commander, 58 men. 

Ephriam Weston Post 87, Antrim, Leander Emery, Commander, 44 men. 

John Sedgwick Post 4, Keene, Charles W. Castle, Commander, 115 men. 

Sheridan Post 14, Hinsdale, iVIoses H. Bardwell, Commander, 34 men. 

Si:COND DIVISION. 

Everett B. Huse, Commander, -with six aids. 

Manchester Drum Corps. 

Louis Bell Post 3, Manchester, John G. Hutchinson, Commander, 

175 men. 

Gilnian E. Sleeper Post 00, Salem, Orlow Austin, Commander, 31 men. 

Nashua G. A. R. Drum Corps. 

John G. Foster Post 7, Nashua, Milo G. Little, Commander, 100 men. 

Captain Charles Stinson Post 64, Goftstown, Emerson L. Johonnette, 

Commander, 20 men. 

James S. Thornton Post 83, Merrimack, C. C. Beard, Commander, 

25 men. 
George F. Sweatt Post 38, Franklin Falls, J. B. Dale, Commander, 

50 men. 
Admiral Farragnt Post 52, Enfield, E. A. Kenyon, Commander, 2(5 men. 
L. D. Gove Post 50, Hanover, David E. Burbank, Commander, 25 men. 
George B. McClellan Post 88, Jatt'rey, Calvin Allen, Commander, 30 men. 

Independent Drum Corps, Manchester. 
Wesley B. Knight Post 41, Londonderry and Derry Depot, Will P. 

Nevins, Commander, 40 men. 
Anthony Colby Post 85, New London, Robert ]McConnell, Commander, 

18 men. 

JPenniman Post 42, Plymouth, John Chandler, Commander, 42 men. 

Moulton S. Webster Post 68, SandAvich Centre, James Y. Webster, 

Commander, 12 men. 
Millard K. Cobb Post 21), Pittstield, Charles Ashton, Commander, ."Somen. 
Albert N. Perkins Post 80, Epping, Frank P. Fisk, Commandi-r, 30 men. 



120 TTNOFFICIAL riiOCEEDIXGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

Louis Bell J)ruiii Corps. 

Carletoii Post 24, Farmington, W. II. W. Colom.v, Commander, 30 men. 

State Capital Drum Corps. 

E. E. Sturtevant Tost 2, Concord, Albert P. Davis, Commander, 

125 men. 
W. S. Hancock P<jst U, Alstead, George P. Dickej', Commander, 3G men. 
Marsliall Saunders Post 4.S, Littleton, John T. Simpson, Commander, 

35 men. 



DEPARTMENT OF VERMONT. 

Department Commander, Z. AL Mansur. 
Staff. Senior Vice-Commander, J. E. Eldridge ; Junior Vice-Com- 
mander, J. W. Williams; Medical Director, John A. Mead; Chap- 
lain. D. W. LoAvell; Assistant Adjutant-General, A. H. Hall; Assist- 
ant (Quartermaster-General, E. E. Johnson; Inspector, W. "W. 
Spragne ; Judge-Advocate, E. Henry Powell: Chief Mustering 
Officer, A. W. Davis. 
Past Department Commnndcrs. W. G. Veazey, William W. Henry, 
Stephen Thomas, J. H. Goulding, George W. Hooker, A. B. ^'alen- 
tine, W. L. Greenleaf, H. E. Taylor, A. S. Tracey. 
Sherman Military Band. 
Chamberlain Post 1, St. Jolmsbury, H. E. Bates, Commander, 150 men. 
Stannard Post 2, Burlington, W. L. Greenleaf, Commander, 125 men. 
Jarvis Post -13, Springfield, A. O. Coburn, Commander, 35 men. 
D. Ratterj^ Post 9, West Burke, W. Silsby, Commander, 48 men. 
George W. Quimby Post 76, Barton, L. IL Preston, Commander, 25 men. 
George G. ]Meade Post 00, Barton Landing, C. E. Joslyn, Commander, 

15 men. 
Hancock Post 105, Montreal, P. Q., Eugene Hnrsey, Commander, 40 

men. 

Sedgwick Post 8, Brattleboro', C. E. Sturgis, Commander, 100 men. 

Hooker Post 5, Londonderry, Samuel Houghton, Commander, 25 men! 

0. 0. Howard Post 33, LudloAV, W. W. Fish, Commander, 50 men. 

1. B. Richardson Post 92, Fairfax, S. Turgis, Commander, 14 men. 
William Reynolds Post 59, Milton, Geo. Lucia, Commander, 12 men. 
Baxter Post 51, Newport, George F. Merriam, Commander, 102 men. 

Rutland Cornet Band. 
Rolierts Post 14, Rutland, G. N. Chamberlain, Commander, 240 men. 
Washburn Post 17, Bradford, P. S. Chamberlain, Commander, 21 men. 
Col. Preston Post 64, Mills River, H. S. Powers, Commander, 25 men. 
Ransom Post 7, East Corinth, A. H. Batchelcler, Commander, 25 men. 
E. H. Stoughton Post 34, Bellows Falls, B. Cannon, Jr., Commander, 

08 men. 

Jesse A. Jewett Post 73, Swanton, J. Louisell, Commander, 50 men. 

G. A. Custer Post 42, Bennington, N. M. Pufler, Commander, 42 men. 



NATIONAL KNOA^Ml'MENT OF THE G. A. U. 121 

George C. Randall Post 82, AVoodstock, 11. Boyntoii, Coraiiiander, 

02 men. 
A. Keeler Post 91, Hyde Park, L. P. Butts, Commander, 82 men. 
U. S. Grant Post 90, West Handolpli. G. A. lloyt, Commander, 42 

men. 
Cumminiis Post 37, Hiudshiirg, II. II. Tilley. Commander. 12 men. 
Ethan Allen Post 3, Vergennes, Milo Everest, Commander, 11 men. 

Henry Post 27, Cliester, A. I). L. Herrick, Commander, 30 men. 

Gartield Post 62, Lincoln, Lowell J. Sargent, Commander, 4 men. 

C. B. Lawton Post 44, "Wilmington, George J. Bond, Commander, 10 

men. 
Henry A. Eaton Post 3.S, Rochester, C. IL Eisk, Commander, ]."> men. 
11. H. Smith Post 19, Stowe, H. Warren, Commander, 13 men. 
Waterson Post 45, Chelsea, G. 0. Smith, Commander, 15 men. 
Mason Post 10, Glover, V. T. Eisher, Commander, 88 men. 
Brooks Post 13, Montpelier, W. E. Waterman, Commander, 54 men. 
StoAve Post 29, Calais, E. W. Bliss. Commander, 15 men. 
-Vhraluim Lincoln Post 85, White IJiver Junction. .V. B. Voodry. Com- 
mander, 4(1 men. 
William C. Tracy Post 35, Windsor, C. II. Hill, Commander. 20 men. 

Flint Post 15, Craftsbury, IL W. Cowles, Commander, Ki men. 

Erastus Buck Post 78, Island Pond, M. L. Dyer, Commander, 25 men. 

W. E. ISLirtin Post 101, Plainville, Homer HoUister. Commander, 

25 men. 
Sheridan Post 46, Weston, J. M. Tarbell, Commander, 22 men. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE POTOMAC. 

Department Commander, M. Emmett. 
Sl'ijl'. Solomon Eannce, Senior \' ice-Commander ; Calvin Earnsworth, 
.lunior Vice-Commander; Horatio N. Howard, Medical Director; 
John Keough, Assistant Adjutant-General; A. H. G. Pichardson, 
Assistant Quartermaster-General ; Abraliam Hart, Insi)ector ; Harry 
Jenkins, Cliief Mustering Officer. 

Nine Past Department Commanders. 
Aids. D. A. Grosvenor, N. D. Adams, S. L. Wilson, A. E. Dinsmore, 
L. B. Cutler, J. F. Vinal, W. E. DeKniglit, J. W. Deneane, C. II. 
Ingram, John McElroy, G. A. Deering, W. W. Eldridge, G. E. Lemon, 
R. E. Smitli, C. P. Randall, Elnathan Meade, Fred Thompson, E. S. 
Fletcher, John Cameron, E. A. liruter, P. H. Carson, A. J. Uuntoon, 
J. M. Edgar. 
Old (Jnard Union N'etfran Corps, Washington, 1). C., rianies W. Edgar, 
Captain, 52 men. 
Rawlins Post Drum Corps. 
John \. Rawlins Post 1. Wasinngton, I). C, Alva S. Tabcr. Commander, 

75 men. 



122 TKOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWEXTY-FOUKTH 

Kit Carson Drum Corps. 
Kit Carson Post 2, Washington, T>. C, George ^lackay, Commander, 

200 men. 
Lincoln Post 3, AVashington, D. C, Marion T. Anderson, Commander, 

70 men. 

O. P. ^Morton Post i (colored), Washington. T). C, George T). Graham, 

Commander, 34 men. 

George G. :Meade Post .'>, Washington, ]). C, William M. Potter, 

Commander, 68 men. 



DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA. 

Department Commander, N. J. Smith. 
Staff. Assistant Adjutant-General, W. N. Eaton; Assistant Quarter- 
master-General, John W. Ruiter ; Member of the Council of Admin- 
istration, Frank Slade ; Delegates to the National Encampment. .James 
M. Williams and W. .7. Manning; Past Department Commanders, 
H. Carlisle, J. W. Woodman ; Past Junior Vice-Commander, Edgar 
Allen; Senior Vice-Commander, J. E. Puller ; Aid, H. D.B.Clay. 

Parragut Post Drum Corps. 

Parragut Post 1, Portsmouth, James Clegg, Commander, 15 men. 

Eichmond Drum Corps. 

Phil Kearney Post 10, Richmond, J. B. Merrill, Commander, 30 men. 

Delegations from Cailloux Post 2, Norfolk; Dahlgren Post 4, Norfolk; 

James K. Clay Post 17, Hampton ; Garfield Post 9, Hampton ; Warden 

Post 25, Norfolk. 



DEPARTMENT OF MARYLAND 

Department Commander, George H. Graham. 
Staff. Adjutant-General, Hugh A. Maughlin ; Quartermaster-General, 
John AV. Worth; Aide-de-Camp, John Taylor. 

Wilson Drum and Bugle Corps. 

Wilson Post 1. Baltimore, William King, Commander, 70 men. 

A. W. Dodge Post 44, Baltimore, John Barrows, Commander, 49 men. 

Dushane Drum Corps, Baltimore. 

Dushane Post 3, Baltimore, Prank M. Smith, Commander, 123 men. 

Delegations from Burnside Post 49, and others, 75 men. 



DEPARTMENT OF NEBRASKA. 

Department Commander, T. S. Clarkson. 
Staff'. Past Department Commanders, Paul Van Der Voort, Governor 
John M. Thayer, H. C. Russell, H. E. Palmer, A. V. Cole, W. C. 
Henry; Assistant Adjutant-Generals, J. B. Sawhill. C. E. Bnrmester, 
A. Aller. 



NATIONAL f:XCAMrMF.NT OF THE G. A. R. 123 

About 100 men in line, representing Seclg-wick Post 1, Kearne}^; J. W. 
Gerry Tost 81, Juniata; Farrayut Post 2"). Lincoln ; Lyon Tost 11, 
Grand Island; Stricl\land Tost 13, Hastings; Mansfield Post 54, 
Palmyra; George A. Custer Post 7, Omaha; Hooper Post 133, 
Hooper ; Sam Rice Post 256, Merna ; McPherson Post 4, Fremont ; 
L. L. Richards, Commander. 



DEPARTMENT OF MICHIGAN. 
Department Commander, Henry ]M. Duftield. 
Staff. Assistant Adjutant-General, W. P. Sumner; Assistant Quarter- 
master-General, A. ]\I. Holt; Senior Vice-Commander, William Jibb ; 
Junior Vice-Commander, E. L. Negus. 

Fourth Regiment Band of Detroit. 

Detroit I'ost 383, Detroit, W. A. Greene, Commander, 3(1 men. 

Fairbanks Post Drum Corps, Detroit. 

Fairbanks Post 7, Detroit, Thomas Davey, Commander, 23 men. 

Delegation of 300 men from the various Posts in the Department. 



DEPARTMENT OF IOWA. 
Department Commander. ]\Iason P. Mills. 
Staff. G. M. Parker, Chief of Statt"; C. L. Longley, Adjutant; 0. L. 
French, Senior Vice-Commander; E. B. Messer, Junior Vice-Com- 
mander; A. U. McCormick, Chief Mustering Officer. 
Aids. J. B. Raymond, Sargent Quiers, H. Diehl. 

Delegation of 200 men from the different Posts in the Department. 

DEPARTMENT OF INDIANA. 
Department Commander, Gil R. Stormont. 
Stuff. J. N. Walker, Adjutant ; General O. P. Weaver, Quartermaster ; 
Lieutenant Governor Chase, Past Department Commander; J. G. W. 
Hardy. 
Aids. J. S. Epperson, A. Fite, J. W. Pollock, Isaac L. Elson, George 
Butler. 
Platoon of 105 men, representing various Posts of tlie Department. 

DEPARTMENT OF COLORADO AND WYOMING. 
Department Commander, 1). L. Holden. 
G. W. Cook Zouave Drum and Fife Corps of Denver. 
Leadville Drum and Fife Corps of Leadville, Colorado. 
Staff of Commander. R. H. Dunn, Assistant Adjutant-General; W. A. 
Olmstead, Quartermaster-General; A. V. Bohn, Past Department 
Commander. 
Aids. James Inman. C. E. Emery, W. B. Upton, A. M. SaAvyer, G. W. 
Haskell, G. S. Smitli, A. Coan, J. D. Hill. 

Platoon of 40 men from various Posts. 



124 UNOFFICIAL PEOCEEDIN(;S TWENTY-FOURTH 

DEPARTMENT OF KANSAS. 

Department Comiuaiider, I. F. Collins. 

Staff. Past Department Commander, T. J. Anderson; Past Department 

Commander, Newton Stewart; Adjutant, John C. Carpenter. 

Tliird IJeiiiment Band of Iloulton, Kansas. 

Murdock Singing Club of Topeka. 

Platoon of 7."> men from various Posts. 



DEPARTMENT OF DELAWARE. 

Department Commander, Samuel P. Lewis. 
Staff. J. W. Messiclv, Junior Vice-Commander; John Stradle.v, Assist- 
ant Adjutant-General. 

Platoon of 3.J men from various Posts. 



DEPARTMENT OF MINNESOTA. 

Department Commander, James Compton. 
Staff. Charles H. Parker, Senior Vice-Commander: L. M. Lange, Junior 
Vice-Commander; G. W. ^Moorey, Adjutant-General. 
Platoon of ."JO men from various Posts. 



DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI. 
Department Commander, Leo Rassieur. 
Staff. George W. Martin, Senior Vice-Commander; Thomas H. 
Hagerty, Chaplain ; Thomas B. Rogers, Assistant Adjutant-Gen- 
eral; E. C. Baugher, Valentine Barth, Antoine Demuth, Stephen 
Dillacella, W. IL Thomas, C. G. Burton," Louis Grund, J. N. Hartzell, 
I. T. Bronson. \Vm. Lowe, J. R. Milver, J. W . :\roore. William Page, 
G. W. Bryant, Charles Emery, G. W. Bailey. T. A. Ackerman, 
William Warner, Nelson Cole, Hiram Smith, Jr., J. E. Phelps, 
Oscar Iloefer, N. W. Taylor, Arthur Duifus, Aids. 
Kansas City Rifles Band. 
Kansas City Rifles, A. R. Taylor, Commander, 44 men. 
Wausau 3d National Guard Band of ^Milwaukee, Wis. 
Frank P. Blair Post 1, St. Louis, J. J. Scharr, Commander, 175 men. 
Gen. Lyon Post 2, St. Louis, Jacob N. Evers. Commander, ."iO men. 
Roxbury Drum Corps. 
Col. Ilasseudevbel Post 13, St. Louis, Ernest Kretschmar. Commander, 

7-t men. 

Arsenal Corps Band of St. Louis. 

Hansom Post 181, St. Louis, H. N. Pollard, Commander. KIS men. 

Col. Shaw Post 343 (colored), St. Louis, F. R. Clarke, Commander, 

10 men. 



NATIONAL KNCAMl'MKNT OF TllK (J. A. K. 125 

DEPARTMENT OF OREGON. 

Department ( 'oniiiKnider. .hiuies A. A'aniey. 
Eepresentatives of Posts -i, 20 and 320, 5 men. 



DEPARTMENT OF KENTUCKY. 
Department Commander, M. Mittou. 
Staf. All)ert Scott, Assistant Adjntant-General; F. AY. Hagar, T. P. 
Hrowning, A. J. Hammond, A. Bnrchard, Albert Ka2;al. 15. Mathews, 
A. T. Thorpe. 15. Xinekerk, Aides. 

F. V. Miller Drnni Corps of Lonisville. 
George II. Thonuis Post (I, Lonisville, C. E. Carroll, Commander, 

?>() men. 
Detachment of '<n men from varions Posts in the state. 

DEPARTMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA. 
Department Connnander, Georue J. Walker. 
Staff. W. W. Riley, Assistant Adjntant-General; D. K. King, Qnarter- 
master-General. 

Platoon of 2.J men from varions Posts. 

DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH DAKOTA. 

Department Connnander, E. T. Langle^-. 
Staff. S. II. Jnmper; G. W. Carpenter, Junior Vice-Commander; E. M. 
Thomas, Assistant Adjntant-General; Harrison Allen, Past Depart- 
ment Commander. 

Hepresentatives of 30 Posts, 50 men. 



DEPARTMENT OF \A/^ASHINGTON AND ALASKA. 

Department Commander, M. M. Holmes. 

Representatives from three Posts. 

DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS. 

Senior Vice Department-Connnander, Ira H. Chnrch. 
Staff. D. Graves and A. J. Hall. 

G representatives. 



DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO. 
Department Commander, A. A. Whitcomb. 
Stuff. Thomas Harney, A. T. Bahney, W. A. Rankin. 
G comrades in line. 

DEPARTMENT OF UTAH. 

Commander, Snrgeon J. M. Ilallard of Post James B. McKeene. 

Three men in line, representing Posts James B. McKeene and Hancock. 



12(j UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

DEPARTMENT OF TENNESSEE. 

Department Commander, Charles F. MuUer. 

Staff. W. ,T. Smith, Senior Vice-Commancler ; H. C. "Whitaker, Junior 

Vice-Commander; S. AY. Duncan, Assistant Adjutant-General; Chris 

Bathman, Assistant Quartermaster-General. 

One hundred men in line, representing Posts 2, 3, 1-1, 36, 43, 45, 56. 



DEPARTMENT OF LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. 

Department Commander, George L. Hodges. 
Staff. Col. Frederick Speed, Senior Vice-Commander; Col. C. H. Chute, 

Junior Vice-Commander. 
Eight men in line, representing Posts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, Joseph 
A. ]\Io-\ver in command. 



DEPARTMENT OF FLORIDA. 

Department Commander, F. S. Goodrich. 
Staff. G. IL Atwood, Inspector-General; Rev. S. D. Paine, Chaplain; 

W. J. Harkensheemer, Aid. 
Twenty-five men in line, representing Posts 0. M. Mitchell, 4; Veteran, 
12; Chatfield, 11; Capt. Kirk, 13; and Ocala, 17. 



DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS. 
Department Commander, A. K. Taylor. 
Staff'. J. W. Temby, Assistant Adjutant-General; W. F. Cottman, Junior 
Vice-Commander; Edward Ketchum, Assistant Inspector-General; 
C. B. Stoddard, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General; J. M. Steere, 
S. H. Buchanan, R. P. Sargent, Council of Administration. 
Jeft". C. Davis Post 36, Fort Davis, Otis M. Keesey, Commander. 
John B. Murray Post 27, Palestine, C. W. Ricker, Commander. 
George H. Thomas Post 6, Dallas, David ]\IcKay, Commander. 
W. H. Lewis Post 17, Fort Clark, J. H. Pratt, Commander. 
George B. McClellan Post 9, Dallas, David Perkins, Commander. 
W. S. Hancock Post 2, Galveston, J. B. Dolan, Commander. 
Samuel J. Randall Post 45, Weatherford, J. B. Gibson, Commander. 
Oliver P. Morton Post 29, Waco, E. D. Conger, Commander. 

AV. S. Parmley Post 4, J. N. Delhi, Commander. 

Nathaniel Lyon Post 5, Denison, E. C. Clifford, Commander. 

Joseph A. Mower Post 10, Austin, J. M. Odell, Commander. 

George AY. AA'right Post 26, Paris, T. U. Johnson, Commander. 

Sedgwick Post 39, Fort AA'orth, L. P. Goodell, Commander. 

Washington Post 44, Henrietta, L. B. Upham, Commander. 

Putnam Post 38, Marshall, J. W. Parks, Commander. 

Samuel R. Curtis Post 12, Gainesville, H. E. Schopmeyer, Commander. 

Emmet Crawford Post 19, El Paso, S. H. Buchanan, Commander. 

John A. Logan Post 23, Denton, IT. R. Lyons, Commander. 



NATIONAL ENCAMl'.^lKNT OF THE G. A. K. 127 

DEPARTMENT OF MONTANA. 

Aide-de-Cani]), Henry C. Yaege. 

Representatives of Posts from Helena and Bntte, R. E. Fiske, 

Commander, (» men. 



DEPARTMENT OF IDAHO. 

Department ('oniiiKUuliT. W. T. Kiley. 
Aids. Past Commander. A. S. Sentei'; Assistant Adjntant-General, T. 

E. Picotte. 
Arthur A. Gunney Post 2, Lewiston. E. A. McConnell, Commander, 

12 men. 

E. D. Halver Post 6, Hailey, Jolm MeFarland, Commander, i> men. 

Pliil Sheridan Post 4, Boise City, Jolm Dntton, Past Commander, ."> men. 

U. S. Grant Post 8, Shoshone, F. W. Coolid^-e, Commander, 2 men. 
George II. Thomas Post 0, Blackfoot. Delegate E. S. Whittier, Com- 
mander, 3 men. 



DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA. 

Department Commander, David Porter. 

Staff. C. T.Watson, Junior Vice-Commander ; Thomas F. Gleason, S. 

F. B. Gillespie, Delegate A. E. P.uck, Alternate W. W. Brown, 

General John K. Lewis. 

W. S. Hancock Post 3, Savannah, Eugene Ybanes, Commander, ."i men. 

O. M. Mitchell Post 1, Atlanta, A. E. Buck, Commander. 3 men. 

Edward S. Jones Post o, Macon, \V. W. Brown, Commander, 2 men. 

Major Robert .Vnderson Post 7, Charleston, James U. Ladd, Commander, 

2 men. 



DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA. 

Department Counnander. W. II. Hunter. 
W. H. Uice Military Band. 
George H. Thomas Post 12, Fort Payne, C. D. Reamer, Commander, 

52 men. 



DEPARTMENT OF NORTH DAKOTA. 

Department C(jmmander, George 15. Winshi]). 
Representatives from several Posts of the De[)artnient. 12 men. 



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DEPARTMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS. 

(icDiiauhi Uaiul. JJo.sloii. 
Daliliircu Post 2, South Boston, Benjamin F. Brown, Coniniander, 
KlU men, as escort to Department Commander. 
Department Ileadqnarters gnidon and colors. 
('olor-Sergeant, Tlieodore Lentz of Boston. 
Department Commander, George H. Innis. 
Staff. Chief of Statl", Andrew E. Perkins of Boston ; Acting Assistant 
Adjutant-General, J. Fayson Bradley of Sonth Boston; Medical 
Director, Dr. J. Y. BrcAvster of Plymonth; Judge-Advocate, W. B. 
Rowell of ]Methnen ; Quartermaster, John II. O'Donnell; Chaplain, 
Alexander Blackburn of Lowell. 
Aida. William 11. Warner of Fall River ; Charles S. Anthony of Taunton ; 
Fred Bullard of East Brookfleld; F. L. Boyden of Brockton; Myron 
H. Whittredge of Lynn ; Timothy Andrews of Essex; A. A. Putman 
of Uxbridge. 
First Division Guidon, Sergeant William S. Dane of Post 1."). 

FIRST SUB-DIVISIUX. 

Chief of Division. Department Senior Yice-Commander, A. A. Smith. 
Chief of Division Staff. George A. J. Colgan of Boston. 
Aids. O. B. Wood, J. A. Ilawson of Amherst, James A. Horton of 
Greenfield, William O. Ryan of North Adams, John McCrillis of 
Roxbury, John R. McCrillis of Marlboro', Myron J. Ferren of Stone- 
ham, William L. Gage of Braintree, Dr. James Oliver of Athol, G. 
Pinkham of Lowell, S. C. Spooner of Millbury, R. S. Ryan of Canton, 
Dr. H. J. Millard of North Adams, Andrew Saner of Shelburne 
Falls, Henry P. Kennedy of Brighton. 

Musical Exchange Band. 
William Logan Rodman Post 1, New Bedford, G. P. Giftbrd, Com- 
mander, 200 men. 
City Fife and Drum Corps of Taunton. 
William II. Bartlett Post 3, Taunton, A. H. Blake, Commander, 103 men. 
* Melrose Drum and Fife Corps. 
IT. S. Grant Post i, Melrose, John Gray, Commander, .".(i men. 
Lynn Brass and Lynn Cadet Bands consolidated. 
General F. W. Lander Post 5, Lynn, Eli W. Hall, Commander, -10 com- 
panies, 725 men. 
Continental Band of Providence. 
P. T. Wyman Post 6, Holliston, D. F. Travis, Commander, 40 men. 
E. W. Pierce Post 8, Middleboro, R. M. Dempsey, Commander, 75 men. 
Charles Russell Lowell Drum and Fife Corps. 
Charles Russell Lowell Post 7, Boston, W. .). Gillespie, Commander, 

■102 men. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 121) 

First lloiilnu'iit Drum. Fife and I)ii<i-le Corps. 
Abraham Lincoln Post 11. Cliark'stown, Joseph W . Hill. Commander, 

17.") men. 

Hudson Brass Rand. 

Keno Post !». of Hudson. H. P. Bean, Commander, 90 men. 

Martland's Band, Brockton. 

Fletcher Webster Post i;>, Brockton, ,1. W. 15roAvn, Commander, 14."> 

men. 

Armed T5attalion Band. 

John A. Andrew Armed Battalion, Major E. 1). Sanlioru. 

John A. Andrew Post 15, Boston, James A. Fox, Commander, ?>'>0 men. 

Colt's First IJeiiimeut C. X. G. Band, of Hartford. 

E. K. Wilcox Post 1(1, Springfield, E. :\I. Tinkham. Commander. 200 men. 

Oranjre New Home Band. 

Sedii'wick Post 17, Oranu'e, Israel Newton, Commander, 101 men. 

Drum Corps. 

Colonel Prescott Post 1.'^, Ashland, G. C. Fisk, Commander, 40 men. 

Miller's Brass Band. 

H. M. Warren Post 12, Wakefield, AV. L. Hawes, Commander. 200 men. 

Allen's Drum, Fife and Bugle Corps. 
Edwin V. Sumner Post 19, Fitcliburf"-, N. F. Bond, Commander, 200 men. 

Woburn Band. 
Joseph Hooker Post 2?., East Boston, Edward Preble, Commander, 110 

men. 

:Milford Brass Band. 

:Major E. F. Fletcher Post 22, Milford, H. A. Pond, Commander, 

150 men. 

Drum and Fife Corps. 

A. B. R. Sprague Post 2-1, (irafton, B. F. Gibson, Commander, 42 men. 

H. I\. Legge Post 25, Uxbridge, Edward Parker, Commander, 34 men. 

Baldwin's Cadet Band. 

Thomas G. Stevenson Post 28, lvoxl)nry, J. E. Killian, Commander, 

250 men. 

Rutland Band. 

George D. Wells Post 28, West Boylston, Silas Newton, Commander, 

30 men. 
Post 29 Drum and Fife Corps. 

F. P. 11. Rogers Post 29, Waltham, M. H. Stevens', Commander, 150 men. 

Wellington Camp Sons of Veteran Drnm Corps. 

W. II. Smart Post 30, Cambridgeport, T. W. Mahady, Commander, 179 

men with naval squad and armed color guard. 

Drum Corps. 

Washington Post 32, South Boston, George Myrick, Commander, 

103 men. 
Post 33 Drum Corps. 



130 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TAVENTY- FOURTH 

liurhaiik Post 33, Woburn, W. W Warren, Coiinuiuuler, -42 men. 

Salcra Brass Band. 

Phil Sheridan Post 3-t, Salem, Almon Allard, Commander, 298 men. 

One company was com])osed entirely of Salem Police under command of 

City Marshal, Comrade John W . Hart. 

Theodore AVinthrop Post 3.j, Chelsea, Geo. F. Oliver. Commander, 

220 men. 

F. A. Stearns Post 37, Spencer, II. J. Clark, Commander, 05 men. 

Dexter Post 38, Brookfleld, William H. Nichols, Commander, 2'> men. 

Ninth Infantry Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps. 

Needham Post 39, Lawrence, C. E. Lock, Commander, 200 men. 

Westfleld Drum Corps. 

Lyon Post 41, Westfleld, L. F. Carter, Commander, 70 men. 

SECOND Si;i5-DI VISION. 

Junior Vice-Commander, James K. Churchill in command. 
Staf. E. A. Stevens, Charlestown, Chief of Staft'; W. F. Sinclair, .Mar- 
blehead; Percy Goddard, Grafton; W. H. ^Mellen, Athol; Georiie W. 
Smith, Lawrence; W. T). Planchard, Leominister; H. W. Page, 
Shrewsbury : A. L. Jones, Harwich; A. Lovejoy, Ayer ; R. D. Bates, 
Dan vers. 
Aids. Dr. J. M. Rice, Worcester, Chief; Medical Staff: Drs. C. W. 
Chamberlain, Lawrence; E. R. Wheeler, Spencer; A. I). Kingsbury, 
Needham; E. A. Chase, Brockton. 

B. F. Butler Drum and Fife Corps. 

Worcester Brass Band. 

George H. Ward Post 10, Worcester, C. 11. Pinkliam, Commander, 

419 men. 

B. F. Butler Post 42, Lowell, E. T. Rowell, Commander, 150 men. 

Sixth Regiment Band, Marlboro. 

J. A. Rawlins Post 43, Marlboro, F. C. Curtis, Commander, 105 men. 

George L. BoutAvell Post 48, Ayer, G. L. Sawyer, Commander, 50 men. 

1). O. Frost Drum Corps, Gloucester. 

Colonel Allen Post 45, Gloucester, E. G. Winchester, Commander, 

100 men. 

American I5and, Fall River. 

Richard Borden Post 46, Fall River, J. M. Deane, Commander, 275 men. 

Haverhill Drum and Fife Corps. 

Major Howe Post 47, Haverhill, Loren/o Frost, Commander, 75 men. 

Newburyport Cadet Band. 

A. W. P>artlett Post 49, Newburyport, George W. Latimer, Commander, 

150 men. 

Ezra Batcheller Post 51, North Brookfleld, Josei)h H. Lombard, 

Commander, 50 men. 

A. B. Randall Post 52, South Boston, (ieorge G. Smith, Commander, 

40 men. 



XAIIONAL 1:N( AMl'.ArEXT 01-' THE G. A. K. 131 

C. S. Hastings Post o^, Berlin. .1. I>. l):iy. ('onniiaiidcr. L'."i men. 

Leoniin.ster J'.and. 

(.'liarlc's ir. Stevens Post 5;^, Leominster, II. X. Spring, Couiniander, 

110 men. 

.Vrliniiton Hand. 

Cliarles IJeck Tost .")(!. Caniliridge, A. .1. Littlefield, Commander. 11.") men. 

IJunker Hill Cadet Drum, Fife and IJngle Corps. 
1'. Stearns Davis Tost .")7, East (Cambridge, W. F. Newman. Commander, 

110 men. 

Weymouth Brass Band. 

Keynolds Post .")S, Weymoutli, F. A. Bieknell, Commander. 2-l(). 

Major J. A. Pratt Post 59, Sterling, E. W. Toombs. Commander, 2.') men. 

Webster Drum Corps. 

Xatlianiel Lyon Post 01, Webster, A. K. Snow, Commander, '.xi men. 

Crescent Band, Waltliam. 

Charles Ward lN)st C)2, Xewton. S. S. Whitney, Commander, 12."> men. 

Xatiek Cadet Band. 

Ceneral WadsAvorth Post (;;L Xatiek, A. B. Pierce, Commander, 1.30 men. 

E. D. Baker Post (U, Clinton, H. J. Brown, Connnander. oO men. 

American Band, Boston. 

S. C. Lawrence I'ost (!('>, Medford, J. B. Simpson, Commander, so men. 

Med way Band. 
Benjamin Stone, Jr., Post ()8, Dorchester, H. P. Paige, Commander, 

200 men. 

City Band, Quincy. 

George S. Thayer Post 87, South Braintree, H. A. Mai'ks, Commander, 

75 men. 

J. P. Rice Post (;;», Westminster, L. M. Drury, Commander, 25 men. 

A. St. John Chaml)re Post 72, Stonghton. Lysander Wood, Commander, 

50 men. 

American Baud. South Weymoutii. 

Paul Uevere Post S,s, Quincy, J. D. Williams. Connnander, So men. 

Holyoke Drum Corps. 

Kiipatrick Post 7L Holyoke, F. A. Streeter, Comnniuder. 75 men. 

Abington Band. 

McPlierson Post 7:!, Abington, H. T. llocliefort. Commander. (lo men. 

Saugus Drum Corps. 

General E. W. Hiucks Post H5, Saugus. C. D. Fiske, Commander. 50 men. 

Pockland Drum ;uid Fife ('or|is. 

Harlsurt' Post 74, Rockland. ('. 11. Cliul)buck, Commander, (lo men. 

Cadet Drum, Fife ami liugle Corps, Boston. 
J. P. Gould Post 75, Stoneham, .1. R. Foster, Commander, loo men. 
Ozro Miller Post !)8, Shelburne Falls, W. Woodward, Connnander, 

50 men. 

Gro\c;land Drum Corps. 

Cliarles Sunnier Post lol, Crovclaud, Isaac C. Dav, Connnander. 50 men. 



132 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY- FOURTH 

Plymontli Hock Band. 

Silver Spring Fife and Drum Corps. 

"Colliugwood Post 76, Plynioutli, N. L. Savery, Commander, 80 men. 

Theron E. Hall Post 77, Holden, T. C. Clark, Commander, 30 men. 
David A. Russell Post 78, Whitman, James E. Bates, Commander, 

115 men. 

Centennial Drnm Corps. 

Charles D. Sandford Post 79, North Adams, A. J. Hough, Commander, 

115 men. 

Associated Drum Corps, Marblehead. 

John Goodwin, Jr., Post 82, Marblehead, R. B. Brown, Commander, 

200 men. 

J. E. Wilder Post 83, Hanover, 0. T. Whiting, Commander, 25 men. 

J. W. Lawton Post 85, Ware, D. W. Ainsworth, Coinmander, r>0 men. 

Sons of Veterans Drum Corps. 
J. H. Chipman. Jr., Post 89, Beverly, W. D. Eldredge, Commander, 

150 men. 

Danvers G. A. R. Drum Corps. 

Ward Post 90, Dauvers, E. D. Bates, Commander, 110 men. 

Foxboro Post 91, Foxboro, D. Scott, Commander, 35 men. 

E. Humphrey Post lOJr, Hingham, Thomas Weston, Commander, 50 men. 

Templeton Drum Corps. 
Ericsson Post 109, East Templeton, E. W. Stone, Commander. 40 men. 
Everett Peabody Post 108, Georgetown, Benjamin Martin, Commander, 

GO men. 

Brockton Heights Band. 

Captain Horace Niles Post 110, Randolph, H. C. Alden, Commander, 

80 men. 

J. E. Simmons Post 111, Pembroke, C. A. Bryant, Commander, 30 men. 

D. Willard Robinson Post 112, Norwell, J. H. Prouty, Commander, 

50 men. 
Colonel C. R. Mudge Post 114, Meirimac, Bailey Sargent, Commander, 

40 men. 
South Gardner Drum Corps. 

D. G. Farragut Post 116, Gardner, Harvey Clark, Commander, 85 men. 

Moses Ellis Post 117, Medfleld, L. Babcock, Commander, 30 men. 

Wicklifle Drum Corps, Lynn. 

James L. Bates Post 118, Swampscott, S. F. Douglass, Commander, 

30 men. 

Dedham Brass Band. 

T. Ingraham Post 121, Hyde Park, W. C. Bryant, Commander, 80 men. 

E. P. Wallace Post 122, Amesbury, C. E. Kennard, Commander, 80 men. 

Parker Post 123, Athol, B. W. Spooner, Commander, 75 men. 
Justin Dimick Post 124, East Bridgewater, G. R. Dyer, Commander, 

40 men. 
S. L. Bonney Post 127, Hanson. .h)hn Scales, Commander, 40 men. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. U. 133 

George E. Sa}ies Post 12(5, Adams, R. S. Harron, Commander, '2r> men. 
Geori>-e H. Tliomas Post 121, Leicester, Henry Bisco, Commander, :!.") men. 

Allen's Drnm Corps, Boston. 
Robert A. Bell Post i:U, Boston (colored), Joseph H. Smith, Commander, 

'.10 men. 
George C. Marshall Post 1:51!, Rntland, George A. Brown, Commander, 

30 men. 

TIIIllD SUB-DIVISION. 

Department Inspector, W. A. AVetherbee, Commander of Division, Post 

(52, Newton. 
Staf. II. W. Downs, Post (;2, Newton, Chief; Medical Start": J. F. 
Galloupe, M.D., Chief, Post 5, Lynn : Dr. George B. Coggswell, Post 
52, North Easton ; Dr. George Jewett, Post 19, Fitchburg; Dr. H. 
F.Copeland, Post 78, Whitman: Dr. A. E. Paine, Post 13, Brockton. 
Aidcs-dc-Camp. ^y. A. Hopkins, Post 134, Boston; Division Colors: 
I. M. Holt, Post 88, Qnincy; S. G. Southwick. Post .j(J, Peabody ; 
Amos Stillman, Post 34, Salem; Fayette S. Bidwell, Post 19.5, Pep- 
perell; A. J. Bennett, Post 1.5(5, Everett; W. M. Gilman, Post 104, 
Ilingham; E. P. Morton, Postfil, Webster; H. A. Starkey, Post 1.53. 
Winchendon ; C. E. Palmer, Post 121, Hyde Park ; J. Walter Bradlee. 
Post 105, Milton; N. Richardson, Jr., Post lOG, Rockport; David 
Dines, Post 47, Whitinsville; Calvin Clafliu, Post 1G8, Southbridge ; 
L. C. Lane, Post 20,^Waltham; C. W. Gale, Post 19, Fitchburg. 
Somerville Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps. 
W. C. Kinsley Post 139, Somerville, H. B. Sellon, Commander, 150 men. 
C. W. Carroll Post 144. Dedham, J. A. Lothrop, Commander, 75 men. 
Water town Drum Corps. 
J. B. Patten Post 81, Watertown, J. R. Harrison, Commander, 40 men. 

Burnside Post 142, Saxonville, G. A. Reed, Commander, 40 men. 

M. E. Stowell Post 84, South Deertield, D. F. Hagar, Commander. IC men. 

Topsfleld Brass Band. 

Union Post 50, Peabody, W. F. Wiley, Commander, 100 men. 

St. James Cadet Drum Corps. 

A. D. Weld Post 148, Winchester, E. Robinson, Commander, 30 men. 

Maplewood Cadet Band. 

General H. G. Berry Post 40, Maiden, F. T. Hawley, Commander, 100 men. 

Roma Band, Boston. 

Francis Washburn Post 92, Brighton, Josiah Rhodes, Commander, 90 men. 

C. 11. Phillips Post 14, Hopkinton, C. B. Holman, Commander, ;'.0 men. 

ilattapan Drum Corps. 

H. F. Walcott I'ost 102, Milton, J. F. Farrell, Commander, 40 men. 

Southboro Band. 

Otis Chapman Post 103, (.'hicopee, W. C. Tracey, Commander, 35 men. 

Major Boyd Post 151, AVest Newbury, H. D. Lay, Commander, 22 men. 

O. H. P. Sargent Post 152, Essex, J. H. Burnham, Commander, 30 men. 



134 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

Frederick Hecker Post 21 Drum Corps. 

Froderic'k Hecker Post 21, Boston, F. B. Baiiburg, C'oiiunnmlcr, 45 men. 

Xorthampton Drum Corps. 

W. L. Uaker Post 86, Northampton, L. B. Parkhurst, Commander, 

190 men. 

Home Drum Corps. 

Major (i. L. Stearns Post H'.). Cliarlestown, C. E. Folsom, Commander, 

60 men. 

Jolip Kogers Post 170, Mansfield, H. E. Slierman, Ccjnnnandcr, 25 men. 

La^Arence Military Band. 

William B. Greene Post 100, Metliuen, M. W. Keyes, Commander, 

60 men, accompanied by battery. 

J. Orson Fiske Post 105, Upton, D. AV. Morse, Commander, 2(i men. 

L. L. Merrick Post 107, Palmer, George O. Henry, Commander. 25 men. 

0. W. AVallace Post 106, Roekport, H. C. Davis, Commander, ;-!5 men. 

Agawam Band. 

General James Appleton Post 128. Ipswicli. C. W. Bamford, Commander, 

60 men. 
George W. Berry Post 31, Scituate, A. A. Seaverns, Commander, 40 men. 

Athol Drum Corps. 
Hubbard V. Smith Post 140, Athol, W. J. Jaquith, Commander, 75 men. 

Andover Drum Corps. 
General W. F. Bartlett Post 09, Andover, M. L. Farnliam, Commander, 

30 men. 

Hobb's Band, Boston. 

Francis Gould Post 36, Arlington, S. C. Frost, Commander, 4(i men. 

Artlmr G. Biscoe Post 80, Westboro, J. W. Fairbanks, Commander, 

80 men. 
W. W. Rockwell Post 125, Pittsfleld, C. B. Scudder, Commander, 50 men. 

Drum Corps. 

Woburn Post 161, Woburn, J. L. Pinkhani, Commander, 85 men. 

Norfolk Brass Band. 

Prentis M. Whiting Post 192, North Attleboro, S, M. Bugbee, Commander, 

45 men. 

G. A. R. Post 120 Band, Lowell. 

James A. Gartield Post 120, Lowell, C. W. Nevers, Commander, 125 men, 

and battery. 

Marcus Keefe Post 155, Monson, A. A. Gage, Commander, 48 men. 

South Franiingham Drum Corps. 

General J. G. Foster Post 163, South Fi'amingham, E. F. Phinney, 

Commander, 50 men. 

Alpha Drum Corps, Boston. 

John A. HaAves Post 159, East Boston, L. H. Dutton, Comnuvnder, 80 men. 

Juniata Brass Band, Stonehani. 

Veteran Post 194, Reading, W. S. Parker, Conmiandcr, 75 num. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMKNT OF THE G. A. K. 135 

Concord Drum Corps. 

Old Concord Post l.sO, Concord. E. F. I'helps. Connnandcr, 4o men. 

General H. C. Lee Post 17(:, Hiintinnton, J. K. Knox, Commander, 40 men. 

Samuel F. Woods Post 171>. Barre, B. F. Brooks, Commander, ."iO men. 
E. J. (xrisiis Post it;, Belcliertown. A. W. Morse, Commander, ;55 men. 

(ieori>:e H. Patch Camp 80 Drum Corps. 

James A. Perkins Post 15(), Everett, G. C. Gould, Commander. oO men. 

George G. Meade Post 119, Lexington, E. S. Locke, Commander, 30 men. 

J. C. Freeman Post .").'j, Provincetown, J. Cook, Commander, 30 men.' 

Isaac Davis Fife and Drum Corps, Acton. 

Isaac Davis Post KkS, West Canton, D. H. Hall, Commander, 40 men. 

^Martha Sever Post l."')4, Kingston, (i. A. Graves, Commander, :5.j men. 

Camlnidge City Band. 

John A. Logan Post 180, Cambridgeport, J. W. Brown, Commander, 

."iO men. 

Dalton Drum Corps. 

Hancock Post 187, Dalton, Edwin Northrup, Commander, 2."> men. 

Preston Post 188, Beverly Farms, Eben Day, Commander, 30 men. 

American Watch Company Band. 
Gettysburg Post I'.H, Boston, Harrison Hume, Commander, lOo men. 

Allen's Band, Billerica. 
Ladd and Whitney Post 18.5, Lowell, J. D. S. Baldwin, Commander. 

130 men. 

Scott Bradley Post 177, Lee, J. H. Casey, Commander, S~> men. 

George A. Custer Post 70, Millbury, J. A. Coffin, Commander, 30 men. 

Gilman C. Parker Post 153, Winchendon, B. K. Thomas, Commander, 

40 men. 
William H. Freeman Post 129, Blackstone, P. Cavanaugh, Commander, 

l.j men. 
M. E. Taft Post 1(;2, Turners Falls. J. F. Bartlett. Commander, 40 men. 

Armstrong Post 150, Montague, Jason Mann, Commander, 20 men. 
George H. Maintien Post 133, Plainville, H. E. Coombs, Commander, 

30 men. 

Hill's Band. Xew Bedford. 

R. A. Pierce Post 190, Xew Bedford, W. J. Nickerson, Commander, 

100 men. 

;Medway Cornet Band. 

James H. Sargent Post 130. Medway, D. S. Woodman, Commander, 

35 men. 

German Band, Pittsfleld. 

Berkshire Post 197, Pittsfleld, Walter Cutting, Commander, 50 men. 

William B. Eaton Post 199, Revere, L. L. BuUai'd, Commander, 20 men. 

Henry Clay Post 201, Cottage City, H. W. Coye, Commander, 20 men. 

Samuel Sibley Post 137, East Douglass, G. E. Bigelow, Commander, 

25 men. 
Norwich Band. 

Rowse R. Clarke Post 1G7, Whitinsville, James Critchton, Commander, 

35 men. 



136 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY- FOURTH 

M. Ammido-\vn Post 168, Southbridge, E. T. Morse, Commander, 50 men. 
George K. Bird Post 109, Norwood, Alvin Fuller, Commander, 40 men. 

East PeppereU Drum Corps. 

Thomas A. Parker Post 195, PeppereU, G. H. Morrill, Commander, 50 men. 

Xeedham Drum Corps. 

Galen Orr Post 181, Needham, A. E. Foss, Commander, 25 men. 

C. M. Wheaton Post 182, Somerset, W. H. Belden, Commander, 20 men. 

Charles C. Smith Post 183, South Iladlej', Patrick O'Gara, Commander, 

40 men. 
Sergeant Plunkett Post 184, Ashburuham, W. 0. Parker, Commander, 

25 men. 

Greenfield Drum Corps. 

Edwin C. Day Post 174, Greenfield, Anson Withey, Commander, 50 men. 

William Wadsworth Post 165, Duxbury, H. H. Lewis, Commander, 

35 men. 



NAVAL DIVISION AND REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS. 

Commander-in-Chief, Syrames E. Brown, Commodore of National 

Association of Naval Veterans. 

Staff. Lorenzo H. Traver of Providence, R. I., and John H. Dougherty 

of Boston. 
Kearsarge Association of Naval Veterans, Boston, Commodore Paul H. 

Kendriken, Commander, 175 men. 

Naval Post 516, New York, B. S. Osborn, Acting Commander, 40 men. 

Farragut Naval Veterans, New York, Lewus Richards, Commander, 

20 men. 
Edwin A. Stevens Post 104, Hoboken, N. J., E. D. Egbert, Commander, 

20 men. 

Connecticut Naval Veterans, Hartford, F. B. Allen, Commander, 9 men. 

About 26 members of this Association were scattered throughout the 

column with their Posts. 

Naval Veteran Legion, Philadelphia, Isaac K. Archer, Commander, 

100 men. 

Farragut Association of Naval Veterans, Providence, R. I., William H. 

Place, Commander, 40 men. 

Farragut Association, Philadelphia, Commodore William Simmond, 

Commander, 50 men. 

Farragut Naval Association of the West, A. P. Johnson, Commander, 

6 men. 

Gushing Naval Veteran Association of Milwaukee, Wis., 3 men. 

Minnesota Naval Veteran Association, one delegate. 

Three Falls Naval Veterans, Louisville, Ky., one delegate. 

Boston Fife and Drum Corps. 

Robert G. Shaw Veteran Association, Major Westley J. Furlong, 

Commander, 50 men. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. l'"'>7 

SONS OF VETERANS. 

Lieut. -General II. I?. Uauley, Department Coininander. 
Staff. Adjutant-General. .1. 1$. Maccabe; Assistant Adjutant-General, 

C. F. Sarsrent; Cliief of Statt". J. H. Hinclcley. 
AidK. Colonels G. F. Goulding, W. R. Davis, X. C. Upliam, D. B. 
Fnrbeck, F. J. Bradford. James Joyce, C. H. Messenger; Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel Perkins, Major 11. W. AVilcox, Lieutenant-Colonel G. A. 
Abbot, Lieutenant-Colonel F. M. Sweetland, Major R. J. Leonard, 
Lieutenant-Colonel Frank S. Hitter and Lieutenant-Colonel E. E. 
FMlbrook. 

Maiden City Baud. 
Division Commander, Col. "\V. A. Stevens. 
Staff. Lieutenant-Colonel, Charles K. Darling: Major. W. II. Delano ; 
and Judge-Advocate, AVillard Rowland. 

Camp 41 Drum Corps. 
Gen. N. P. Banks Camp 41, Waltham. Watson Johnson. Commander, 

o2 men. 
William F. Barry Camp 7(3, ^Melrose. 
Everett Drum, Fife and Bugle Corps. 
General A. P. Martin Camp G2, Everett, William E. Lee, Commander, 

4.5 men. 

Camp lOn Drum Corps. 

J. Wiley Edwards Camp 100, Newton, A. G. Shattuck, Commander, 

30 men. 

Nonpareil Drum Corps, Roxbury. 

Admiral Winslow Camp 31, Roxbury, W. T. Sheehan, Commander. 

142 men". 

Cami) SI Drum Corps. 

Theodore Wintlirop Camp 81, Chelsea, 11. S. Thompson. Commander, 

80 men. 
Captain Richard Phillips Camp 3, Marblehead, Willard White, 
Commander, 40 men. 
Camp 2 Drum Corps. 
Goodell Camp 2, Worcester, James A. Getting, Commander, 6.5 men. 
Colonel L. D. Sargent Camp 21, Lawrence, David S. Farquer, Com- 
mander, 24 men. 
K. Randall Jenness Camp 10, Haverhill, E. P. Coggswell, Commander, 

20 men. 

Gloucester City Band. 

J. F. Dyer Camp 24, Gloucester, Charles B. Corliss, Commander, 3.5 men. 

Naunikeag Drum Corps, Salem. 

Henry Merritt Camp 8, Salem, A. IL Iliggins, Commander, r,o men. 

Nathaniel Bowditch Camp 30. Dorchester, A. L. Stiles, Commander, 

40 men. 



138 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

('aiiip i;^ Drum Corps. 
J. A. Andrew Camp i;>, Srouiiiitoii. Harry ('. Weston, Coninnuulor. 

'M men. 

William Palmer Camp 4. Randolph. Walter Lyons, Commander, 31 men. 

Clark S. Symouds Cami) 2S, Fitchbnrg, Frank White. Commander, 

50 men. 

Roanoke (Janip 105, Sonthbrids-e, E. Meade, Commander, with delegates 

from Albert Prince Camp 12, Oxford, and W. S. Hancock Camp 32, 

Webster, 28 men. 
Dahlgren Post i)8, South Boston, E. G. Priest, Commander, 25 men. 

Rockland Drum Corps. 
Howard A. Wheeler Camp 50, Rockland, John Carney, Commander, 

3G men. 
General D. N. Conch Camp 20, Taunton, Fred Plummer. Commander, 

55 men. 
Richard Borden Camp HO, Fall River, Frank McGraw, Commander, 

60 men. 
E. A. Bennett Camp 52, Leominister, George A. Woodward, Commander, 

36 men. 

W. H. Carney Camp 82 Drum Corps. 

W. H. Carney Camp 82, Boston, A. A. Seldon, Commander, 20 men. 

E. A. Bridges Camp 83, HoUiston, N. E. Bridges, Commander, 24 men. 

Charles C. Clark Camp 69, Pembroke, Percy Damon, Commander, 

34 men. 

Camp 36 Drum Corps. 

J. L. Bates Camp 36, Weymouth, M, P. Garey, Commander, 50 men. 

General George G. Meade Camp 67, Abington, George Hunt, Commander, 

.30 men. 
Camp 72 Drum Corps. 
Charles S. Meade Camp 72, Ilingham, G. O. Henderson, Commander, 

53 men. 

C. E. Bates Camp 88. Scituate, A. A. Coleman. 20 men. 

Stephen M. Weld Camp 75, Dedham, G. L. Hargraves, Commander, 

55 men. 

W. G. Scanlan Camp 42, Grafton, B. D. Adams, Commander, 33 men. 

Joe Hooker Camp 73, North Brookfleld, Charles L. Dickinson, 

Commander, 20 men. 

R. F. Bowen Camp 74, Millbury, James Dunn, Commander. 10 men. 

Brighton Drum Corps, 7 men. 

Joel D. Dudley Camp 89, Brighton, F. W. Clarke, Commander, 40 men. 

Benjamin S. Lovell Camp 112, West Acton, O. L. Clough, Commander, 

30 men. 
Henry Cabot Lodge Camp 114, Boston, J. J. Coftey, Jr., Commander, 

28 men. 
Henry AVilson Camp 49, Xatick, Xelson H. Peirce, Commander, 30 men. 



NATIONAL KNCAMl'MKNT OF THE G. A. R. l.Il) 

V. (,'. Ciii'tis Caiiip m, Maiihorn", IJ. ( ). Clark. Coiiiiiiaiulcr. 4s iiu'U. 
Cluuics D. Force Camp Cii;. Xorwood, Will IJatcinan, CoiiiuiaiKlcr, 

L's iiicu. 

Georse A. Custer Camp 11. W'iiitmaii. Frank Ford, Commaiuler. 40 men. 

C.eiieral Willlnni F. Draper Camp 44. Franklin, C. ]). Vauarsdaleii. 

( 'ommander. ]'.' men. 

B. \V. Harris Camp (11. Fast Bridijewater. 11. 11. Williams, (ommander, 

14 men. 
Josepli B. Smith Camp 117, Hanover, S. A. Lutlier. Commander, 10 men. 
W. F. Bartlett Camp lOs, IMttsfleld. H. D. Sisson. Commander, 38 men. 

A. B. Fuller Camp 102, .Vudi'ew F. Xnttinsi;, Commander. L'll men. 
Colonel E. E. EUsAVorth Camp ;!f<, Attleboro', W. A. Cook, Commander, 

1(! men. 

I. II. Bonner Camp 58, Foxboro', M. E. Hawes, Commander, 12 men. 

John Smitli Camp 84, ^Mansfield, Ralph Gibbs, Commander, U; men. 

J. U. Hanson Camp 7, Danvcrs, F. D. Nimblett, Commander, 2C> men. 

John Low Camp (!, Beverly, W. S. Hall, Commander, 30 men. 
General Slieridan Camp '>o. Oraniie, A. A. Upton, Commander, 2(; men. 
Nelson Gardner Camp 10:3. East Marshfield, F. A. Holmes, Commander, 

10 men. 
U. S. Grant Camp 20, South Boston. F. W. Weller, Commander, l'> men. 

Arlington Drum, Fife and Bugle Coi'ps. 
Charles B. ^Marsh Camp 4.5, Arlington, William Keuuison. Commander, 

:;.") men. 

Luther Hill Camp (i4, Spencer, F. L. Powers, Commander, 40 men. 

Company E Military Band, New Bedford. 

Jolm A. Hawes Camp d'>. New Bedfoi'd, A. L. Allen, Comnuinder, 48 men. 

Ezra J. Trull Drum Corps. 
Colonel Ezra J. Trull Camp Ho, Charlestown, Fred C. Stotz, Commander, 

:i:> men. 

Colonel Shatswell Camp 8."). Ipswich. G. A. Perkins, Commander, 2.5 men. 

K. E. Bowen Camp 74, ]\Iillbury, James Dunn, Commander. 10 men. 

Camp 7'J Drum Corps. 

William F. Barry Camp 711, ]\IeIrose. Captain 0. H. Cook, 42 men. 

S. S. Sleeper Camp 5(1, Canton. F. L. Pearson, Commander, 50 men. 

Walt ham Drum Corps. 

John P. Lovell Camp 82, Boston, A. A. lihodes. Commander, 00 men. 

C. R. Mudge Camp 1, Lynn, George C. Atkinson, Commander. 40 men. 

Farragut Camp 78, Lowell, S. Pickering, Commander, 30 men. 

General G. A. McClellen Camp (50, Holyoke, C. L. Hammond, 

Commander, 10 men. 

Charles Devens Camj) 7o, Upton, Henry Corbin. Commander, 10 men. 

Walter L. Lincoln Camp 111. .\ndover, C. B. Jenkins, Commander, 

30 men. 
Francis L. Southwick Camp 27, Quincy, C. E. BoAvker, Commander, 

40 men. 



140 UNOFFICIAL PKOCEEDIXGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

Warren II. rudworth Camp 95, East Boston, W. T5. "Wliitney, Com- 
mander, ;{2 men. 
S. S. Bond Camp 91, Ware, Will Newcomb, Commander . 18 men. 

Cadet Drum Corps, CharlestoAvn. 

Warren Camp 10(i, Charlestown, E. J. Swift, Commander, -iO men. 

Gerniania Drum Corps, Clinton. 

L. A. Fuller Camp 19, Clinton, Charles Thomas, Commander, 24 men. 

American Drum Corps, Roxbury. 

John F. Andrew Camp 96, F. E. Bolton, Commander, 103 men. 

Charles Sumner Camp 37, Gardner, R. B. Howard, Commander, 25 men. 

John H. Dyer Camp 86, Stoneham, W. G. Bartlett, Commander, 26 men. 

General J. F. Reynolds Camp 23, Reading, John Webster, Commander, 

17 men. 

General J. M. Corse Camp 57, North Attleboro', Thomas McAnllifle, 

Commander, 30 men. 

H. S. Greeuleaf Camp 99, Shelburne Falls, F. H. Chandler, Commander, 

30 men. 
Charles P. Warner Post 87, Peabody, George Green, Commander, 

■10 men. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE DIVISION. 

Colonel James H. Joyce, Commanding. 
Aids. Captain II. A. Cobb, Captain W. S. Willey and Lieutenant 

R. L. Day. 

S. J. Wentworth Drum Corps. 

S. J. Wentworth Camp 14, Great Falls, Captain H. A. Cobb, Commander, 

65 men. 
J. Q. A. Warren Camp 18, Nashua, W. E. Caft'rey, Commander, 50 men. 
Delegates from Dover, Laconia, Rochester, Manchester, Milford and 
Milton, W. S. Willey, Commander, 34 men. 



MAINE DIVISION. 

F. .T. Bartlett, Commanding. 

Portland Drum Corps. 

Shepley Camp 4, Portland, J. R. Lowell, Commander, 50 men. 

Chaplain Camp Drum Corps, Bangor. 

Daniel Chaplain Camp 3, Bangor, F. J. Bartlett, Commander, 40 men. 



VERMONT DIVISION. 

Major H. C. Slack, Commanding. 

Aids. \Ciipt(iin E. L. Ilaj'wai'd, Captain E. C. Barrett, Past Colonel E. 

T. Griswold. 
Delegations aggregating 35 men from the following camps : 52, of P'ollis, 
60, of Manchester; 94, of Springfield; 28, of Chelsea; 65, of Port 
Mills; 67, of Windsor; 50, of Morrisville ; 4, of Bennington; 39, of 
Calais; 2, of Brattleboro' ; Major II. C. Slack, Commander. 



NATIONAL EXCAMVMENT OF TIIP: G. A. K. 141 

CONNECTICUT DIVISION. 

Captain E. Reisel, Coininandiug. 
G. A. Stedman Camp (1. Hartford, George E. Fox, Commander, 24 men. 
Delegation of 20 men from the following camps : 3, of Norwich ; 
40, of Unionville; 1"), of Deep River; 8, of Seymour: and 3:?, of 
Windsor Locks ; E. Reisel, Commander. 

Sons of Veterans Drnm Corps, Mew Haven. 
Nathan Hale Camp 1, New Haven, A. E. Lincoln, Commander, ."U men. 



FROM OTHER STATES. 



Delegations to the nnmber of 15 from Rnfns King Camp of Jlilwankee, 
Wis., C. K. Pier Camp 35, Milwankee, and Carl Witty Camp 37 of 
Sheboygan, Wis., G. T. Schimnnock, Commander. 
Charles H. Byers Camp t»0, Hoosick Falls, N. Y., E. C. Ryers, Com- 
mander, 41 men. 
Reno Camp 102, New York City, accompanied by Lafayette Camp 140, 

New York City. William A. McCarthy, Commander, 4i) men. 
Delegations of 15 men from General Reynolds and General U. S. Grant 

Camps of Philadelphia. I'enn., Colonel W. P. McNulty, Commander. 

Delegations from Camps IGG and 254 of Chicago, III., Captain Leonard 

of Camp H]C>, Commander, 12 men. 

Garfleld Camp ;)0. Burlington, Iowa, one delegate. 

Delegates from John A. Logan Camp 2, Washington, D. C. 



RHODE ISLAND DIVISION. 

Colonel Theodore A. Barton, Commanding. 
Staff. Lieutenant, E. O. Briggs ; Major, W. R. Williams ; Adjutant, H. C. 
Dana; Quartermaster, W. H. McCormick; Surgeon, W. D. Russell; 
Chaplain, E. O. Witter, and Inspector, Ora T. Mason. 
Continental Band of Providence. 
McClellan Camp 2, Providence, G. L. Rogers, Commander, 30 men. 
F. C. Greene Camp 1, Phenix, Alex. Wood, Commander, 22 men. 
General A. G. Lawrence Camp 3. Newport, S. N. Millington, Com- 
mander. 17 men. 
General A. E. Burnslde Canij) 5, Providence, W. P. Fox, Commander, 65 

men. 

A. Iv. Tilton Camp !», Pawtucket. J. E. INIason, Commander, 49 men. 

General Custer Camp 5, Uockland, W. P.. Bentley, Commander, 18 men. 

C. F. Gordon Camp lo, Woonsocket. W. S. Preston, Commander, 

2G men. 
Garfield Camp 11, Providence. James Warren, Jr., Commander, 50 men. 
General G. K. [Nleadc Camp 12, East Providence, G. R. Comrie, Com- 
mander, 30 men. 



142 UNOFFICIAL PKOCEEDINGS TAVENTY- FOURTH 

r. E. Davis Camp 13, Providence, G. E. Coraaii, Commander, 68 men. 
George W. Stcdman Camp 14, Westerly, R. A. Mason, Commander, 

.-53 men. 
I. r. llodiuan C;niip 1.'). Wakefield, S. H. Donalinc Coinmauder, 3.') men. 
^y. ir. p. Steere Camp k;. Central Falls, .1. F. Clark, Commander. 38 

men. 
C. 1). Bowen Camp 18, Apponang, Walter Hoatley, Commander, 27 men. 
Colonel .lames Barton Camp lit. Providence. George H. Kibbey. Com- 
mander. 1.5 men. 



AGED AND CRIPPLED VETERANS. 

There were nearly loi) baronclies and barges in the line, occupied 
exclusivelv bv "wounded and aged veterans Avho were iniable to march. 



POINTS OF THE PARADE. 



Tlie parade started from the juuctiou of Commonwealth 
Avenue and Arlhigtoii Street and passed through Arlington and 
Boylston Streets to Copley Square, thence through Dartmouth 
Street to- Hanover Street, where it was dismissed. 

The line was five liours and forty minutes passing a given 
l^oint. 

To attempt to describe singly all the points well worthy of 
mention in the great parade, a much larger volume than this 
would l)e necessary. The similarity of the uniforms of the Cxrand 
Army of the Repul)lic led the majority of the people to believe 
that there would be a sameness to the procession which, to say 
the least, would soon become monotonous. But such was not the 
case. It was an ever varying sight, and as the veterans of each 
state passed by, the interest increased rather than lagged, and the 
great crowd, which liad been holding their positions since morn- 
ing, only left them at night when the last carriage had passed. 

There Avere four revicAving stauds : the presidential in Copley 
Square, the city stand in Franklin Square, one for the Grand 
jVrniy of the Kepublic and Woman's Kelief CorjJS in Blackstone 
Square and one in Adams S(|uare, where Connnander-in-Chief 
Alger, surrounded by his staff, and (ieneral Butler Avere saluted 
by the veterans. 



NATIONAL E\( A:\irMKNT OF TlIK (i. A. \t. 143 

'l"lu" iuinati'.s of tlu' SoldiiTs" 1 Ionic in Chelsea and those of 
the Sailors' Home iu (^nincy ()ccii[)ie(l seats ou tlie stand in Adams 
Square and had a i)»'i-t'ect view of the procession. 

The ureat inteicst was centered in Copley Square. The 
President and party arrived promptly at half past ten o'clock, the 
hour on which the procession was advi'rtisi'd to stai1. 'I'he grand 
stand was a picture for an ai'tist. It would be a dillicult task to 
secure a gatlu'rinu- of nioiH' celeltrities than at that houi'. There 
was hardly a state or territoi'y in the Union Imt what was 
represented liy a favoiite and distinguished son. .Vt the 
ofHcial end of the stand were seen, in addition to President 
Harrison, Vice-President ]NJorton. who stayed, however, only an 
hour; (Governor IJrackett. Cent-ral Sherman, Secretai-y of War 
Proctor, Secretary of the Xav^- Tracy, Secretary of the Interior 
Noble, Secretary of Agriculture Pusk, ^lajor McK-inley of Ohio, 
Cieneral Devens, General Sickles, ex-Senator Warner ^Miller of 
New York. (Governor Burleigh of ]Maine, Governor Dillingham of 
'N'ermont, (Governor Thayer of Nebraska, Governor Bulkeley of 
Connecticut, Congressman Boutelle of Elaine, Senator Winkley of 
"Wisconsin, (ieneral Poltinson of New York, Assistant-Secretary 
(ii'ant of A'ermont, Adjutant-( ieneral Sprague of INIaine, Adju- 
tant-( ieneral Peak of Vermont, ^Ir. and Mrs. J. K. jNIcKee, Mrs. 
Alger, the blisses Alger, ]Mrs. Logan, ]Mme. Nordica, 3Ir. and 
Mrs. A. L. Coolidge. Mrs. Cogswell of Salem, Honorable Henry 
Cabot Lodge, the Governor's council and staff, Lieutenant-Gov- 
ernor Haile, Secretary of State Pierce, Auditor Ladd, Congress- 
man Dorsey of Nebraska, Speaker Barrett of the ^lassachusetts 
House of Pepi'csentatives. President Sprague of the State vSenate, 
General .lohn M. Corse, Lieutenants Arnokl. Iluse and Hill of 
the Admiral's staff", Commander Horace Elmore, commanding the 
United States corvette Kearsarge ; Commander Sterling, com- 
manding the Unit«'d States despatcli boat Dolphin ; Connnander 
Chadwick, conunanding the United States gunboat Yorktown ; 
General B. F. Butler, Cieneral A. W. Greeley of the signal ser- 
vice, Collector lU'ard. Private Secretary Halford, Ilonoralile 
Charles Carleton Collin and Mayor Hart. 

(^n other portions of the stand were Cor])oral Tanner, Honor- 
al)le W. W. DudK'V and many others of similar note. 



144 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

Persons who had rendei-ed conspicuous service, whether in 
the procession or on the stands, were loudly cheered. 

The entire procession rent the air with hurrahs as the 
veterans recognized the comnumding form of General Sherman, 
who was not alone the' recipient of this enthusiasm. During the 
early part of the parade General Butler took his place among the 
notables, and cheer after cheer went up for him as the veterans 
recognized his well-known countenance. Mrs. Logan also came 
in for her sliare of applause, togetlier with every well-known per- 
son on the stand. 

The Franklin Square stand was occupied by the city otticials 
and their ladies ; and the interest was little compared with that 
centered upon the Adams Square stand, where General Alger, in 
company with General Butler, otlicially reviewed the procession. 
The ovation given there to the two Generals was spontaneous. 
Few, indeed, passed who did not doff their hats to their popular 
Commander-in-Chief and the hero of New^ Orleans. 

As to the general make-up of the parade and the chief 
attractive points, there was enough to please the eye and repay 
the tired throngs for their hours of endurance in maintaining 
their vantage ground of observation. Illinois, the birthplace 
of the Grand Army of the Republic, was w^armly welcomed, while 
the crowds applauded the live badger carried by a Wisconsin 
veteran in his buckskin trappings. The tattered battle flags of 
Pennsylvania was a mute but effective appeal for royal and 
hearty tribute. Connecticut, with its wooden nutmeg, and Ala- 
bama's historic mule caused great merriment. 

Ohio and New^ York, the latter with its famous Lafayette 
Post of New York City, marched in perfect line ; and the veterans 
of every passing department were applauded as their various 
qualifications were brought to view. The Naval Division and 
Sons of Veterans received a fitting ovation. 

The wonderful massing of the Massachusetts veterans was 
everywhere the signal for outbursts of applause. The Depart- 
ment was an army in itself and marched with unsurpassed 
precision. 

Post 2 carried the original Stars and Stripes, an emblem 
which created endless interest. The owner of this precious torn 



NATIONAL KM A.Ml'-MKXT OF TlIK (i. A. I!. 145 

but li'lorioiis eusiiiii is ^^^s. Tlarriet R. T. Stntford of Cottage 
City. Mass. Her liiisliaiKrs father. ^Iv. James IJayard Statfonl, 
was tlie uiaii who. when tliis very t1a>2; nas siiot from the mast- 
head of Paul .loiu's' •• r>oii Iloiiime Kiehard" in the eiieouiiter 
with and victory over tlic •• Scrapis." plunged overboard and 
secured tlie American cusii^n and restored it to its phice. \\'hih' 
performinii" this heroic service he received a sabre stroke on tlie 
sliouhler by a British soldier. Afterward the flag Avas presented 
to !N[r. Stafford in recognition of his meritorious services con- 
nected with this feat, and has ever remained in the family. It 
bears honoralih> marks of tlie great Revolutionary conllict of 
177."), and has in it several hulU-t holes, the result of Ijalls from 
the '• Serapis." 

The origin and history of the flag is very interesting in view 
of the glorious achievements wrought under it since Paul .lones 
raised it in triumph over his British adversary. The idea was 
taken from Geneial \\'ashington's family ensign, bv patriotic 
ladies in Philadelpiiia. who made the flag and presented it to Paul 
Jones, who iunnediately put it at the mast-head of a small boat 
and sailed up and down the Schuylkill river to show the people of 
the country what their future National ensign should be. Tt was 
exhibited at the Philadelpiiia Centennial in 187(), also at the anni- 
versary of the l)attle of Lexington. The family lived formerly at 
Trenton, New Jersey, the scene of so man}- revolutionary opera- 
tions, and it was there that ]Mrs. Stafford married Mr. Stafford, 
son of ^Ir. James Bayard Stafford, whose glorious achievement 
was the occasion of presenting the old troj)hy to him. The 
presentation was a formal one through a committee appointed for 
that purpose, and to(^)lv place at Trenton. The original letter of 
pn'sentatiou is in the hands of Mi's. Stafford and is as follows : — 

Jamks Havv.m. Sta>kok,>. I'niLAUKLruiA, Pa., Sept. 1st. 17S4. 

Sir: I am directed by the committee to inform you that on Thurs- 
day, the '.)tli, they decided to bestow upon you, for your meritorious ser- 
vices in the late war. Paul Jones' starry tlag of the " Hon Tlonnue 
Richard." which was transferred to the -'AlUance," a boarding- sword of 
the same sliip. and a nuisket captured from tlie " Serapis." 

If you write to Captain Joiiii Brown, at the yard, what sliip you 

wish them sent by. tliey will be forwarded to yon. 

Your humble servant. , ,r ... 

James aIkviju!, Serr(-Uir>j jiro tern. 

10 



14G rXOFFICIAL PKOCEEDINGS TWEXTY-FOUKTH 

It is the intention of Mrs. Stafford to keep the flag in her 
possession while she lives, and present it to the Smithsonian 
Institute at Washington at her death. 

Although an elderly lady of over 70 years of age, she 
reviewed the great parade from tlie presidential stand at Copley 
Square. 

Nothing occurred to mar the pleasure of the day. Of the 
number of people congregated in the cit}'' only an approximate 
estimate can be given ; but a*s the steam railroads brought more 
than two himdred thousand visitors, it is supposed that nearly 
half a million people, in addition to the resident population, 
were present on the eventful occasion. 







NATIitNAL KN('A:\I1'MENT OF THE G. A. 1!. 147 



MASSACHUSETTS GREETS THE VISITORS. 



TII1*> joint I'cci'ptiou to the (irnnd Ariny of tlii' ]\i-piililic inid 
llie Woiiunrs Relief Corps in ^leelianies Hull, on Tui'sdny 
<'veiiinu'. was a hriUiant affair. 

Shortly after eight o'clock the veterans and ladies he<iaii to 
assemlile. There was an innnense concourse that completely lilled 
the great auditorinni. While waiting for the arrival of the Presi- 
dent and guests ])atriotic nmsic was rendered by the Salem Cadet 
Band, and the singing of ''John Brown," '•America," and other 
patriotic airs. President Harrison and the other leading speakers, 
the Avhile, Avere at the reception tendered by the ^Mayors' Cluli. at 
Young's Hotel. 

It was half-past nini' o'clock when General Alger appeared 
on the platform and was received with enthusiasm. A few 
minutes later came (ieneral Sherman. Something had to be done 
to appease the growing impatience of the audience, and Captain 
George W. Creasey, Past Department Comiriander of ]\Iassachu- 
setts, said : — 

"J/// Friends : You have l)een remarkably quiet for an audi- 
ence so large as this, and I nmst simply request that you bear a 
little longer until His Kxcellency, the Governor, shall arrive, and 
with him the President. In the meantime, permit me to present 
to you Miss Clara Barton, President of the Red Cross Association." 

Miss Barton simply bowed her acknowledgments to the 
audience and passed from the platform. Fifteen minutes more 
elapsed and then Captain Creasey began another address to the 
effect that they were still waiting the arrival of the President and 
his party. During the interval he would present Comrade Innis, 
who would make a few remarks. Commander Innis said : — 

"The hour is getting late, many of our invited guests are 
late, and the Department has got to come in, and I suppose we 
shall have to Avait until it m-ts heiv. Our Commander-in-Chief 



148 TJNOFFICIAL rKOCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

and the chairman are very tired, and it would be a shame to call 
upon tliom to say a word to you tonight after what they have <ione 
through in the past twenty-four hours, lint on behalf of the 
Department of Massachusetts T tender to you, friends, a soldier's 
welcome. 1 Avaut to thank you, my visiting comrades, and the 
ladies of the Woman's Relief Corps, for your kindness in lii-inuing- 
this Encampment within the borders of Massachusetts, where A'OU 
have given ni}' Department a chance to once moie touch ell)Ow to 
elbow Avith yon on the line of march. AVhile I Avas Avaiting tochiy 
to take my position in the line, memory carried me back to when 
I stood on the sidewalk at Washington, and Avatched our beloved 
General Sherman, Avitli his army, pass before me. It took me 
back to -those days, and those viA'id memories liaA'e passed through 
my mind more than once this Aveek. Those scenes I shall ncA'er 
forget. Friends, you are A^ery kind in coming here and exhil)iting 
the patience you haA'^e shoAvn in Avaiting for our i»arty to arrive. 
I will haA'e to close by thanking you on behalf of the Department 
of Massachusetts of the Grand Army of the lvepu])lic." 

More shouts Avere heard for Sherman at this point. 

Captain Creasey, rising to introduce ''Old Tecumseh" said : 
" I desire to introduce to you a delegate from the state of Missouri, 
one AA'hose distinguished serA'ices during the Avar associate him 
in our memories Avith Lincoln, Grant, Sheridan and other 
distinguished representatiA'es and generals. I introduce to you 
General William T. Sherman." 

ADDRESS OF OENERAE SHERAIAX. 

' ' J/y Friends : I cannot hope that my voice will reach bcA'ond 
the middle of the room, and it Avas Avith extreme reluctance that I 
arose this CA-ening, because your programme clearly defines Avhat 
we are assembled for. The GoA^ernor of A'our state and the 
]\rayor of your city were the first to Avelcome this (J rand Army of 
the Republic. To this oui- Conunander-in-Chief Avas to reply Avith 
tlianks. That Avas simply form, and on tliat form you could 
build up a ])yramid if you chose ; but to stait and leaA'e me in 
front would l)e to make these performances of this eA'ening more 
protracted than Avere those of today. Noav, the mayor of your 
great city of IJoston has taken your Chief ^lagistrate and, I 



NATIONAL KNCAMP5IEXT OF THE G. A. i;. 149 

suppose, has given him a good dinner and a good supper, as 
though he came from a starving state ; and I hope 3'ou, my fellow- 
soldiers — for I am addressing my fellow-soldiei's, not tht- citizens 
of Boston — I w:int you to let that miiyor understand distinctly 
that the Grand Army of ihc Repulilic has an organization of its 
own, so when Ave come here we can In'ing our rations along with 
us if necessary. Now. for your I'ncle Uilly to stand up hei-e and 
kill time is not to 1k' thought of. It is not my business. There 
was a time when we did killing, and I am not going to speak 
against time in this vast hall. Then 3'OU have got to be patient 
until our party arrives. \\\' have waited and waited many a 3'ear 
for events of less importance than this. 

"You stand beneath this beautiful roof, with all around you 
svnd)ols that remind you of the glor}^ of your countrv much more 
eloqueutlv than any s[)eech you can listen to. Our C'onnnander- 
in-Chief will return to you our warmest expressions and kind 
feeling, and the tluinks of this (irand Armj' for Boston's cordial 
greeting to us. We would express to you l)efore all tlu' world 
that we are grateful, that we recognize the kindiv acts of our 
neighl»ors and friends, that we are alive to sympathy, that oui' 
hearts go forth to every one. young and old. tliat as long as life 
is given to us old soldiers we intend to carrv all of our share of 
till' burdens of life; but we :ire willing, yea. anxious, to turn out 
with the boys, and to praise them for their efforts. But I s:iw 
some boys today in tlu' ranks who, I fear, did not get verN' far 
down South ; l»ut certainly it was a noble, gorgeous display" of 
men. Our people are profoundly grateful to 3'ou, and T wish to 
repeat that in your presence. If you are patient now for a little 
while 3'ou will soon have them all here, including the President and 
his cnbinet. Thev could not help this dela^" this evening. Thcv 
were on that stand, as you know, from earlv morn till dewy evi', 
and the}' have gone oft to Young's Hotel to get supper, on the 
theory that we h:ul none :it the \'eudome, although I had a first- 
class supper there. I can testify to that. Now if you will be 
patient, in a short tinu' 1 am sui-e we will come out O. K." 

At half-past ten o'clock Sergeant-at-Arms Adams entered 
the hall with the long-expected guests, who Avere received Avith 
deafening applause. Among those seated on the platform Avere : — 



loO UXOFFICIAL PROCEKDIN-GS TWENTY-FOUKTH 

President Harrison, Vice-President Morton, Secretary Proctor, 
Secretary Noble, Admiral Gherardi, Mrs. Annie Wittenuiyer, Mrs. 
Armilla Cheney, Mrs. Abbie Lynch, Mrs. L. A. Turner, Mrs.' Sarah A. 
C. Phiramer, Miss Clara Barton, Mrs. Emma B. Loud, Mrs. E. Florence 
Barker, Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood, Mrs. D'Arcy Kinne, Mrs. Mary E. 
Knowles, Mrs. E. V. Lang, Mrs. Agnes Parker, Miss Mary E. Wright, 
Mrs. B. Read Wales, Mrs. J. Sewell Reed, Mrs. Olive M. Long. Mrs. 
Husband, General Alger and Stall", Governor Brackett, ^lajor IVIcKinley, 
General Sherman, Captain B. Read Wales, Mr. and 3Irs. W. ]). Black- 
burn, Mrs. L. Marble, Mrs. Aaron Low, General and Mrs. G. W. Ross, 
Mrs. Sallie A. Morse, Judge Sherman and Miss Sherman, Mrs. Lawlor, 
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Butler, Mrs. Florence Rich, Mrs. 0. P. Maynard, 
Colonel Geo. W. Hooker, Governor Abbott and stall' of New Jersey, Mrs. 
Geo. W. Hooker, Past Commanders Merrill, Burdette, Kountz, Rae 
Warner, F. W. Breed, Commander and Mrs. Innis, Mrs. Fuller, Captain 
Adams, Judge Decker, Past Department Commanders George L. (Jood- 
ale, George W. Creasey and George S. Evans. 

"When the tumult had subsided, Cnptain Creasey iutvoduccd 
Governor Brackett as follows : — 

" The citizens of Massachusetts, the residents of Boston and 
the comrades of this department, with hearts full of pleasure at 
your coming, extend to you the hand of friendship, and with it 
an earnest and cordial welcome to this annual gathering of our 
Grand Army. Massachusetts remembers with pride and gratitude 
the earnest patriotism and unyielding devotion of the citizen., 
soldier and sailor of "our whole country in the great struggle wliich 
forever established the permanency of our republican institutions, 
and she desires to extend to you her cordial and hearty welcome. 
I have the honor to present to you His Excellency John Q. A. 
Brackett, Governor of the Commonwealth." 

ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR BRACKETT. 

'' Acting under the authority of the Commonwealth, I come 
into your presence tonight in her name and behalf to extend a 
cordial welcome to you each and all. To do this is an otHcial 
duty. To have the opportunity of doing it is a personal privi- 
lege and })leasure. My words are not needed, however, to bring 
you tlie assurance of the sentiments of friendship and regard 
which the people of ^Massachusetts entei'tain towards you. Tliis 
they have amply sliown toda3^ Coming here from their homes 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. 1!. 1")1 

scattered all oTer the Cominonwealtli, thronging the streets of this 
her capital city, tilling the air with their acelamatious, tliey liave 
demonstrated their determination to do you honor. The}' have 
not come from any motive of idle curiosity, merely to witness a 
magnificent pageant. They have come prompted by a spirit of 
patriotic devotion to unite with you in ;i celebration wliich will be 
memorable in the annals of the state. The}' have eome to show 
their respect for ^'on, for what you are, for wliat you have done 
in the past, for what yon represent in the present. Massachu- 
setts never fails to accord the praise which is due to brave men 
and uotal)le women who, by their loyalty and self-sacriftce, have 
made the Nation of which she forms a part their debtor forever. 
" Wherever beneath the flag of the Republic 3'ou may live, 
whether in our own New England, in the great central states, 
upon the Avestern praines, upon the golden shores of the Pacific, 
or in the sunny South from which, flushed with victory, you 
returned twenty-five years ago, you are among your friends and 
have been from the moment 3'ou came within the borders of the 
Old Bay State. Though the doors of many of our mansions, 
whose residents are alisent at the mountains or the sea, may be 
closed today, the hearts of all our citizens are open to you. 
They appreciate the compliment you have paid the Commonwealth 
in selecting her capital as the place of the Encampment which 
marks the completion of the first quarter of a centur}^ from the 
Victor}'^ at Appomattox. They invite you to partake of their hos- 
pitality. They invite you to feast your eyes and minds upon the 
scenes of historic interest which abound in Massachusetts, — Ply- 
mouth Rock and Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill, — the 
Old State House, Faneuil Hall, the Old South and the Old North 
Churches. Inspiring as these scenes are to all men, in no breast 
can they excite so deep an emotion as in that of the old soldi(>r 
who helped to complete the work wliicli was there begun for coun- 
try, liberty and the rights of man. Massachusetts Avelcomes you 
to the hearts and hearthstones of her people, and she hopes that 
your sojourn here may furnish you with a rich and radiant fund 
of experiences Avhich will linger in your minds and l>righten your 
memories forever." 



152 TXOFIICIAL I'liorEEDINGS TWENTV-FOIKTII 

Capttiiu C'reasey said : — 

"Boston, true to her past, true to that generous hospitality 
wliioh has always characterized her, and true to the patriotism of 
lier sons who did so much to secure the blessings we are today 
enjoying, also desires through her Chief Magistrate to extend to 
you a cordial greeting. Permit me to present to you Honoraljle 
Thomas N. Hart, Mayor of Boston." 

ADDRESS OF MA YOU IIAKT. 

" lu the uame of the people of Boston I thank you for 
liaving accepted our invitation to hold 3'our National Encampment 
in this city. As you could never doubt, and as you have found 
out by experience, you ai'e all welcome. We are glad to see 
those that fill high places in the National Government, especially 
the President of the United States, whom we all honor. AVe are 
no less glad to see those who come from the far "West, even from 
the shores of the Pacific, and the Grand Army man who is our 
neighbor and daily companion. Our city government decided 
early in the year to devote $25,000 to the National Encampment 
of 1890. In order to secure the most satisfaetorj^ expenditure of 
this sum it was handed over, without condition, to the Grand 
Army committee that is providing for your comfort. The city 
government wanted nothing for itself : it wanted the Encamp- 
ment in Boston to be a success. 

"Asa business man I want to say a word of business to 
you. AN'e have heard some muttering about the great cost of the 
war, and the pensions and matters of that kind. If the war had 
not ended as it did twentj^-five j'ears ago, we should have had two 
countries, a Northern Union and a Southern Confederacy. Each 
Avould have maintained a standing army, a strong uav}' and a line 
of fortifications. These would have cost money, a great deal 
more tiiau we have expended for pensions and other subjects 
consequent upon our great war. Our actual expenses of the past 
twenty-five 3'ears were a good business investment, I think, 
having cost the American people less than to keep up two gov- 
ernments north and south of the Potomac, together with two 
standing armies, two navies and a double line of fortifications. 



NATIONAL EN( A.Mr.MKNT OF THE (i. A. i;. 1 O^ 

"At the same tiiiu' iicitlicr the Nortlieni liiioii nor the 
Southern Confederacy would liave lieen content. The wliole 
American peoi^le. iuchidin^' our ln'ethren of the South, wouhl have 
demanded that somehow we ouuiit to come together aiiaiu ; for 
what (iod has put together \vi no man i)ut asuiKh-r. Twenty-tive 
years auo you prevented tliat separation. Vou stood iif the 
Itreacli. For that we thank yon and honor yon. And we shall 
continue to do so as long as we are one country, under om- Hag 
and one (iod."' 

Captain Creasey said : — 

" ('o,iir(i(h's, during the war we were cheered and encouraged 
liy kind and loving words from wives, mothers, sisters and sweet- 
hearts, so today, after more than twenty-five years have elapsed, 
and we are endeavoring to smooth the pathways of those of our 
comrades less fortunate than ourselves, we are assisted l)v an 
organization, the hearts of whose members lieat in nnison with 
ours, and whose highest mission is to assist us in our work. 
England, my friends, had but one Floreuce Nightingale, luit for 
us there came from hundreds of American homes women just as 
true, just as loyal and just as devoted to suffering humanity as 
she, and I have the honor of presenting to you hei" counterpart, a 
lady whom every comrade in the army of the West, aye, and all 
who wore the Union blue, remembers as a kind-hearted, devoted 
mother, 3Irs. Annie Witteumj^er, National President of the 
Woman's Kelief Corps." 

ADDRESS OF IMKS. ANNIE WrTTENMEVEU. 

"I do not know that I shall l)e able to make any lai'ge 
nund»er of you hear, but I desire, on behalf of the Woman's 
Kelief Corps, to thank you for these eloquent and gracious words 
of welcome. I very well understand that they are not personal. 
The}' are given because of the grand work of the ^^'onlan's Kelief 
Corps, and because of the high claims of the heroes for whom we 
la1)ored. Nations have had honors all down through the cen- 
turies ; but there never was an army nmstered into battle line 
which coidd match the army that was mustered for the defence of 
this countrv from isci to l.sc,'). 



1")4 UNOFFICIAL rROCEEDIXGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

"Tliey charged along lino of glittering bayonets that pro- 
tected treason. They scaled the highest heights where the Stars 
and Bars were floating, and facing belching cannon they tore the 
emblem of secession from the flagstaff. They pre-empted eveiy 
foot of American soil for freedom, and with their sharp', swift 
swoMs they snndered the chains that bound in human slavery 
four millions of slaves, and planted the grand old Stars and 
Stripes as God planted the tree of life for the healing of the 
nations." 

Referring to the growth of the Woman's Relief Corps, the 
speaker said : — 

"We began seven years ago with forty-two members, without 
a dollar in our treasury. Today we number over a hundred 
thousand members, and we have in our various treasuries, local 
and general, $165,000. We spent last 3"ear, or this year just 
closing, about $75,000, and in all these seven years, S.'350,O00, 
and we are just going on spending money and Avorking for you. 
In addition to this, we have opened a home for army nurses, for 
the widows of soldiers, for the broken-down old veteran, with his 
wife. For a good while we have been thinking that it Avas not 
right that the soldiers should go to the Soldiers' Home and the 
wife should go to the poor house. We have opened the door for 
this grand work and we mean to continue it to the end." 

Captain Creasey said : — 

"It is unnecessary, m}^ friends, for me to speak words of 
commendation regarding our organization of the Grand Army, 
and you are all familiar with our distinguished Commander-in- 
Chief. Permit me, however, to present to you Commander-in- 
Chief Russell A. Alger of the Grand Army of the Republic." 

ADDRESS OF GENERAL ALGER. 

"I was notified today that, in your behalf, I was to return 
thanks to the city of Boston and to the Commonwealth of Massa- 
chusetts for the magnificent reception that they have tendered to 
us, and for all that they are doing for us ; and I do it very gladly. 
I wish to say to Boston, however, that when we Avere asked here 
we were promised a Avarranty deed of the city, and Ave think Ave 
have pretty nearly completed the title ; but we expect the balance 



XATIOXAL ENCAMl'MENT OF THE G. A. R. 1.").") 

of it before we leave. I wish to say to the good people of INIassa- 
ehusetts aud Boston who are not Grand Army men that we 
consider ourselves a sort of a family of nohility. Wr have with 
us tonight the distinguished men of the nation. We have on this 
platform a man and a conn^ade who occupies the next to the 
highest position in tlie world — the liighest one being that of Com- 
mander-in-Chief of tlie Orand Army of the Repul)lic. We are 
sorr}' for Comrade Harrison, l)ut he cannot have that offlce this 
year. AVe have with us tonight a man who has led us over bloody 
fiehls, and whose name is a household word in every loyal home, 
and we love him aud Ave always love his presence, and yet he is 
but conu'ade General Slierman. 

'•We have the Vice-President of the United States, a man 
wiio during the war did great service to aid us who were in the 
field, ^ye have here tonight the Secretary of War, (reneral 
Proctor ; the Secretary of the Interior, General Noble ; we have 
also the Secretary of Agriculture, General Rusk ; and there may 
have been a few more of tliose secretaries strayed in here that I 
have not seen, but if they are here, Ave welcome them all. We 
have here tonight one of Ohio's gallant sons, Major McKinley. 
But tlie beauty of our oi-ganization, comrades, is that it matters 
not what station men maj- occupy in civil life in this country, if 
they served in the army and are entitled to membership in our 
great organization, they aiv but comrades. We meet hei'e tonight 
on a common plane, and it is the glory of the organization — it is 
that which makes it so dear to us all — that we all stand on one 
level, simply comrades. 

•'Governor Brackett and Mr. Mayor, in behalf of this great 
organization of men, 4oO,()0(), whose representatives are here 
tonight, I tender to you. sirs, the grateful acknowledgments that 
are due for your generous hospitalit}^, and I assure yoii that while 
we stay in this magnificent city of yours, we know we shall be 
full — of joy. We Avere ])i'()mised when Ave came here that you 
had eA'erything and did everything on a magnificent scale, and 
here Ave are holding this grand camp-fire simply in one of your 
bedrooms. What Boston undertakes to do she will do. And 
again thanking you for your cordial greeting, I A\dll say that as 
long as Ave remain Avith you Ave Avill try and make you glad Ave 
came, and possibly when Ave go." 



156 UNOFFK lAI, I'HOCEEDINOS T\VENTV-Fi )rKTH 

Captain Crease}^ said : — 

" Mil Frhiids: Howrvci' iiiiich we iiiny dift'iT upon tlie <i"reat 
political or social (|iU'stioUfi every dny. this one lielief \vc have in 
coininon, that the sua does not shine upon a government better 
than the one under which we live, and none ap[)i-eeiate more 
highly or are willing to sacrifice more for its welfare and success 
than those who fought to preserve it. C'c^mrades, I have the 
pleasure of introducing to you our honored and distinguished 
conu'iidi'. the President of tlu' United States." 

ADDRESS OF PKESIDEXT HARRISON. 

"I have had impressious both pleasurable and painful as I 
have looked upon this great procession of veterans which swept 
through the streets of this historic capital today ; pleasure in the 
contemplation of so many faces of those who shared together the 
peril and the glory of the great struggle for the Union : sensa- 
tions of a mournful sort, as I thought how seldom we should meet 
again, not many times more here. As I have stood in the great 
national cemetery at Arlington, and have seen those silent bat- 
talions of the dead, I have thought how SAviftly the reaper is 
doing his work, and how soon, in the scattered cemeteries of this 
land, the ashes of all the soldiers of the great war shall be gathered 
to honored graves. And 3'et I could not help but feel that in the 
sturdy tread of those l)attalions there was yet strength of heart 
and limb that Avould not be withheld if a present peril should 
confront the nation that we love. And if Arlington is the death, 
we saw today, in the springing step of those magnificent battalions 
of the Sons of Veterans, the resurrection. They are coming on 
to take our places. The nation will not be defenceless when we 
are gone ; but those who have read, about the firesides of the 
veterans' homes in which they were born and reared, the lessons 
of patriotism and the stories of heroism, will come fresh armed to 
any conflict that may confront us in the future. And so tonight 
we niay again from this magnificent spectacle feel a fresh and 
strong sense of security for the permanence of our country and 
her free institutions. 

"1 thought it altogether proper that I should take a brief 
furlough fi'om oUlcial duties at Washington to mingle with you here 



NATIONAL KN( AMI'MKNT OF TIIK O. A. K. 1 .") 7 

today as a comrade, beeanso evovv rrosident of the United States 
must realize that the stren<itli of the (ioveniiiient, its defense in 
war. the army that is to miistcr under its banner wiicn our Nation 
is assaik'd. is to be found here in the mass of our [)co|)K'. And 
so, as my furlou<2:ii is almost iloue. and the train is already wait- 
inji' that must Itcar me back to Washino-fon, I can ouly express 
a<:ain tlu' cordial, sineeri' and fraternal interest which I have felt 
this day iu uict'ting with you all. T can ouly hope that God will 
so order the years that arc left to you that, for yon and those 
Avho are dear to you, tlu-y may be ordered in all uentleness, in all 
prosperity and success, and that Avhen at last the conn-ades who 
survive you shall wra[) the tlag of the Nation about your l)odv and 
bear it to the u'rave. you may (be in peace and in the ho[)es of a. 
glorious resurri'ction." 

Immediately at the ch)se of his speech, at 10. 1 ."> o'clock, 
President Harrison and i>arty and Governor Braekett left 
the hall. As the President marched along the front of the i)lat- 
form the hands of many of the veterans were stretched up to him, 
and he grasped them one after another, with heartv welcome. 
He left the phitform amid great cheering ; calls were given for 
Vice-President ]Morton and ^lajor McKinley. ]\Iajor ]\IcKinley 
could not be prevailed upon to respond, but Mce-President 
INforton sjioke brit'Hy us follows, his rising being greeted with 
loud clu'ciing : — 

ADDUKSS OK Vl( K-l'KKSIDKNT MoKToN. 

•• I>oston tonight is the centre of patriotic memories. The 
representatives of that (irand Army which was the ex|)ressi()n and 
embodiment of the Nation's [)urpose and patriotism are here. 
The occasion, therefore, brings to all our minds the greatest and 
gravest event in all oui' national life — the supreme crisis of free 
government. n<it only here. l)ut throughout the woi'ld. In that 
crisis in which you bore the greatest part of the issue was settled 
upon the side of justice, freedom and indissolubility of the Uuion. 
yi-AX the Nation which was preserved and regenerated bv your 
valoi- and sacrilict'. in the hinguage of ]Mr. Lincoln, never i)erish 
from the earth, and may the (iovernment tlnis preserved ever 
keep in gi'Uerous i-emembrance and kindly care you and 3^our 
descendants." 



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Brief remarks were also made by Mrs. Mar}' E. Knowles, 
President of the Massachusetts Department of the AVoman's 
"Relief Corps, after which, about 11 p.ji. , the ceremonies were 
declared, by Comrade Creasey, to be at an end, and the great 
compan}^ except the veterans who were to remain there for the 
night, slowly dispersed. 




XATIOXAL ENCAMrMENT OF THE G. A. K. l")!) 



THE WORK OF THE DELEGATES. 



THE Twenty-fourth annual session of the National Eucainp- 
anent of the (Ti-and Army of the Republic opened in ]Music 
Hall on Wednesday niorninu'. August l;5, at 11 o'clock. It was a 
noble looking body of men that assembled there to transact the 
important business which was so soon to occupy their earnest 
attention. The proceedings of the day were advertised to begin 
an hour earlier, but an extended meeting of the National Council 
of Administration made it impossible for General Alger to open 
the proceedings until the hour named. 

The hall was beautifully decorated, and the scene of the body 
of the house, occupied by delegates, and the galleries by vete- 
rans, was one which, for attractiveness to the eye, has never been 
surpassed as a Grand Army occasion. 

The Commander-in-Chief was given a cordial reception on 
his appearance upon the platform. Past Chaplain-in-Chief Kev. 
I. X. Foster opened the exercises by prayer, at the conclusion of 
which General Alger requested General Sherman, who sat with 
his Post on the floor of the house, to come to the platform. 
Amid great applause the General arose, and when quiet had been 
restored, he thanked General Alger for his kindness, but said he 
preferred to remain with the Missouri delegation. General Alger 
then addressed the convention as follows : — 

GEKEIJAL ALOER's ADDRESS. 

" ComrarUfi: Fortunately for us we are permitted to gather 
here in this historic city, justly named the ' Cradle of Liberty', to 
celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversarj' of the surrender of the 
armed forces against this Government to the Union ami}-. We 
also celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the actual freedom 
of all races within our boi'ders. Near here was • fired the shot 



lOO TXOFFICIAL TKOrKKDINGS TAVENTY- FOURTH 

heard roiiiul the world ' and Avere fouoht the first battles of the 
Revohitioii. _ How inany patriots in hiter days have l)een inspired 
to pert'oi'in hrroic ileeds hy tlic example of those patriots who first 
declared this land should he free, and have tried to emulate their 
examples, the scores of fields which have tested the courage of 
these generations wliose i-epresentatives are gathered here today 
will answer. To name one or a dozen of them without including 
all Avould 1)1' the same act of injustice as would the recording the 
deeds of a single man. omitting others. It is sufficient for us to 
know that when called, men Avere found for CA'ery place. 

" While we lament the loss of nearly all of our old com- 
manders, it is a source of great consolation and i)leasure to know 
that one of those great leaders of men is still spared to us and is 
in our midst today. Upon him this Nation is pouring its Avealth 
of loA'e and gratitude. Let us hope and pray that he may long 
be permitted to remain here, our leader, our commander, our 
idol, and our comrade. God bless you, General Sherman I Our 
loA'e for you is bcA'ond words. 

" Comrades, it is not my intention today to burden you Avith 
the details of the Avorkings of this organization, ^nor to repeat to 
any great extent what can be found in the reports of my staff 
officers. Their work has been zealoiisly and conscientiously per- 
formed, and I commend their reports to your careful scrutiny. 
For my own Avork I can only say that, Avliile I have given to it a 
great share of my time and the best of my ability, I am painfully 
conscious of having filled but a small fraction of the demands. 
The organization and the country are so great that it is an im- 
possible task for any man, in the short space of one year, to A'isit 
any consideral)le portion of the more than seven thousand Posts 
tliat now exist. 

"I haA^e attended twenty-three department Encampments; 
haA'e, as a'ou are possibly aware, A'isited many of the departments at 
scA'Cral ditferent times, and haA'e been more than gratified to learn 
that eA'erywhere, among the most honored and trusted citizens, 
among the men holding otllcial positions and achicA-ing success in 
priA^ate life, are found iiuniy of tlie men who served in the Union 
army and now wear the l)adge of the (irand .Vrmy of the Re- 
public. 



NATIONAL ENCA5IPMENT OF THE ('.. A. K. 161 

'' The eoiulitioii of tlic organization, I ana happy to report, 
is, with few exceptions, exceUent. There have been, I regret to 
say, some disagreements in thi- Department of Louisiana and 
Mississipi)i. di-a\vn upon the color line, the details of wiiich will 
be found in the records of the Judge- Advocate General. 

" It is the same question that is today disturbing many local- 
ities in the soulhein part of this country, and whicli will i-ecpui-e 
patience and concessions from all parties to settle. It is a per- 
plexing one ; but I trust time, with the good intentions of all 
peace and liberty-loving citizens, will bring such moderation of 
council that in the near future all may share the rights granted by 
our laws, and that harmony will prevail everywhere. 

" It has been my determination to recognize as a comrade 
the equal rights of every man, no matter what his color or nation- 
ality, provided he has the two qualifications, service and honorable 
discharge. In this great struggle of life, the strong should aid 
the Aveak. It ennobles the former and helps to elevate the latter. 
A synopsis of the opinions of the Judge- Advocate General, 
those approved and those disapproved, will be found in the report 
of the Adjutant-General. 

"The official reports presented to the Twenty-third National 
Encampment, dated June 30, 1H89, gave the number of comrades 
in good and regular standing, 382, Gl 7. Total members then 
suspended and delinquent, 28,088, making a total membership as 
borne on the rolls at that date of 410,080. 

■' 'June 30, 1890. 
The total uumber of comrades in good and regular standing 

was ----------- 427,981 

Total membership borne on rolls 458,230 

Number of Posts reported June 30, 1889 G,711 

Nmnber of Posts reported June 30, 1890 ----- 7,175 

Number of deaths during the year ------ 5.470 

Number of new Departments 2 

Including the Provisional Department of Indian Territor}' and Okla- 
lioina.' 

'"I am constrained to say that i do not believe the number 
of deaths reported, as stated, is even approximately correct. 
Not, however, on account of any fault of the Posts ; but as com- 

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1G2 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTV-FOURTII 

racles grow feeble they neglect their Posts, are dropped from the 
rolls, when in fact their health is such they are unable to attend : 
and thus manj' die who are not reported. 

' ' The increase in membership of the different Departments 
and relative percentages are given in the annexed table. Of 
course the new Departments of North Dakota, Indian Territory 
and Oklahoma took their memberships from the Departments of 
Dakota, Kansas and Texas, and allowance will be made for the 
changes made thereby in numbers of those Departments. 

'' ^Vhile our numbers make up a vast army, it is confidenth' 
believed that not one-half of those who are eligible belong to this 
organization. Many live remote from Posts ; many are physically 
unable to attend, and many, through lack of means, do not feel 
that they can pay the expenses incident to membership. 

"I recommend that, as far as practicable, Posts carry upon 
their rolls all worthy members whom they know to be financially 
unable to pay these expenses. Of course, all who are able to 
and do not pay their dues should be dropped, but great charitj' 
should be exercised in the cases of those who are not. 

"I wish to urge upon comrades the importance of securing, 
at the earliest possible moment, the individual record of the ser- 
vices of the enlisted men. The history of the war will never be 
written until it includes such record. Let them be deposited with 
their Posts and they will be preserved. 

PENSIONS. 

"The subject of pensions has been, as all are aware, the all- 
absorbing one of the year. During the early days of the present 
Congress it became evident to the pension committee, whose 
report is before you, that the ' service bill,' so much desired, 
could not be enacted into a law, many members of both branches 
of Congress declaring that they could not vote for an amount 
that, taken with the regular expenditures of the government, 
Avould exceed its revenues. I am aware that manj^ are disap- 
pointed, but the committee has been powerless to accomplish more 
than has already been done. • It is now believed that the expen- 
(lituics in pensions, under existing laws, will exceed one hundred 
and liftv millions of dollars annu:illv. More than three hundred 



NATIONAL KNCAMl'JIKNT OF TllK (i. A. 1!. 1 (i.') 

thousand applications have been iiiadr to the Coimnissioner of 
Pensions under the new disal)ility law. and lie informs ine that 
applications are coinino- in at the rate of about 10,001) per day. 
Large as this sum is, it is a great gratification to know that it is 
distributed among our own peopl(>. Four times a year this money 
goes to all parts of tlu' country. There is not a community which 
does not feel its influence, and to which it is not a heli). It pays 
the necessary bills to the merchant and the farmer, who in turn 
are alile to pay their debts, and so on. \\'iiiU' these are not 
reasons for paying pensions, they are a source of consolation to 
the people who bear the burden. 

" Since the war the nation has doubled in [ujindation. and more 
than (piadrupled in wealth. Its prosperity is known to no other 
land, and I am sure its people are gladly contributing to tiie 
support of those who. at every sacrifice, made it possible for it to 
be what it is. 

••Much misapprehension exists, 1 think, concerning the dis- 
al)ility liill heretofore referred to, passed under date of June ^Tth, 
1890. Let me quote from Section •> : 'All persons who served 
ninety da^'S or more in the military or naval service of the United 
States during the late War of the Kebellion, and who have been 
honorably discharged therefrom, and who are now, or who may 
hereafter be, suffering from a mental or physical disability of a 
permanent character, not the results of their own vicious habits, 
which incapacitates thein from the performance of manual labor 
in such a degree as to render them unable to earn a support, 
shall, ui)on making due proof of the fact, according to such rules 
and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may provide, be 
placed upon the lists of invalid pensioners of the Lnited States, 
and be entitled to receive a pension not exceeding twelve dollars 
per month, and not less than six dollars per mouth, proportioned 
to the degree of-inaltility to earn support.' 

•'Under the official rules and regulations attached to the bill 
are the following: — This law requires in a soldier's case, 

• 1st. Ail honorable discharge. 

'2d. That he has served at least ninety days. 

•.")d. A permanent physical or mental inability to earn sup- 
port, liiit not due to vicious habits.' (It need not have originated 
in the service. ) 



164 rXOFFICIAL PROCKEDIXGS TWENTY- FOURTH 

"By a careful reading of this law, and the official explana- 
tion of above quoted, it will be seen that, no matter what a man's 
financial condition maj^ be, if he be physically disabled from 
performing manual labor, he is entitled to a pension, the condi- 
tions being, first, physical disability, not necessaril}^ contracted 
in the service ; and second, that proof of such disability may be 
made upon certificate, from liis physician probably, and without 
the testimony of his former comrades. Should any member of 
this Encampment today receive a permanent injury ' not the result 
of his own vicious habits,' he will be entitled to a pension. Let 
us be just to our law-makers, even though they have not given us 
all we ask. No country on earth is or ever has been nearly as 
generous to its soldiers as ours. 

MEMORIAL DAY. 

"As the years pass, the interest shown b}^ not only the 
conn-ades, but by the citizens generally, in the services of this 
hallowed day, vastly increases both North and South wherever 
the grave of the Union soldier is marked. As an example, the 
chaplain of the Department of Michigan reports that in his 
Department over 303,000 citizens and over 39,000 children par- 
ticipated in memorial exercises the present year. 

" The Quartermaster-General purchased and sent flags to the 
cemeteries in the South, which were placed at the heads of the 
graves of our gallant dead upon that day. I hope this may not 
only grow into a custom, but that it ma}-' be ordered that, in 
communities where it is not probable that flags will be furnished 
for this purpose, the Grand Army of the Republic will see to it 
that they are supplied. 

' ' It has been my pleasure in going over the country to find 
in many cities and towns, as also in the country, flags floating 
over the public school- houses. Let us hope that the time will 
soon come when this beautiful custom will be universal, and that 
the Union flag may not only be found upon the school-houses, but 
in every home, and that the love for the old stars and stripes 
shall prevail everywhere. 

CHARITY. 

"There has been expended in charity, according to our 
official records, during the past year, $217,650.52, Of course 



XATIOXAL EXCAMPMENT OF THE (i. A. K. l(5o 

this is iu no measure of the nione}' collected and expended in a 
private way, nor does it include the great suuis collected and 
expended by the heroic women who were our strong right arm in 
war, and are now donating their time to our dependent comrades 
and their widows and childn'U. We shall never know of the great 
good these noble women are doing in our behalf. They should' 
receive every possible encouragement, and they have, I know, 
the thanks of every man who wore the Union blue. Hold up their 
hands iu the work they are doing. 

SONS OF VETERANS. 

" This organization, numbering over one hundred and twenty- 
five thousand members, is growing rapidly, and is reported in 
excellent condition. We should do everythiug in our power to 
aid them in their work. They are ouj- Itoj's, and to them we must 
soon commit our trust. 

"Wherever I have been in the different Departments I have 
received marked courtesies from them, and am glad to be able in 
this public manner to acknowledge the same, and to say, God 
speed you, 3'oung men, in 3'our patriotic work. 

THE GRANT COTTAGE. 

"The Twenty-third Encampment left it optional with the 
National Council of Administration to provide for the care of the 
last earthly resting place of our beloved old commander ; and 
while it should be kept as a sacred relic, it is a question for your 
careful consideration as to whether or not tliis expense should be 
borne by the Grand Army of the Republic. 

It is situated in a place inaccessible in winter, and upon a 
plat of land which, under the will bequeathing it, reverts to the 
original owner should the cottage be consumed by fire. This, 
perhaps, was a wise provision, as the land would be of little value 
without the cottage ; but the question of its future maintenance 
and repairs — it being of Avood and needing constant care — is one 
that should be carefully considered. 

THE GENERAL LOGAN MONU.MENT. 

"The funds in the hands of the trustees for the Logan Mon- 
ument, outside of the appropriation made by Congress for the site 



KIT) UNOIFICIAI. rK«)(KKI)INO< TWEXTV-KoVKTH 

and pedestal, amount to 812,841.67. I sincerely trust that the 
time is not far distant when this tribute to this beloved leader 
will have been completed. Iowa Circle, in the citj^ of AVashingtou, 
has been selected as the permanent site for this monument. It 
is, as you are aware, a beautiful place, and Avas selected in 
accordance with the wishes of Mrs. Logan. 

THE GEXERAL SHEKIDAX MOMMENT. 

' ' In accordance with the wishes of the Society of the Army of 
the C'uniberhuid, expressed at its last annual meeting. General 
Orders No. 10, dated June 28th, 1800, were issued from these 
headquarters to the Posts throughout the country, asking for 
contributions of from ten to twenty-five cents per member, to be 
sent in at an earl}- date, for the erection of an equestrian statue 
to the memory of our lamented comrade, General Philip H. 
Sheridan, and that such contributions be forwarded to me as 
treasurer of the fund, or brought here and delivered to the treas- 
urer at this Encampment. 

^' Under this order there has been received to August 2d, 
inclusive, 8447.94. Congress has heretofore passed a law grant- 
ing 840,000 each for the purchase of site and pedestal for 
monuments to Generals Sheridan, Logau and Hancock. Unless 
this law can be so amended that a portion of the amount not 
needed as specified can be converted to the purchase of statues, 
when we consider the fact that an equestrian statue costs about 
830,000, it is evident that the time for their final completion is 
far distant. These works should all be pushed with the utmost 
vigor. 

THE GENERAL GKAXT MOXUMEXT. 

"An ordinary plain vault on the banks of the Hudson marks 
the resting place of our great chieftain. This is not creditable 
either to us or to this nation. There should be erected at the 
capital of this government, dedicated to the memory of this great 
UKUi. a memorial building such as will be a credit to tlie whole 
people. Not a shaft : not a statue ; but a monumental structure 
such as has not been builded in this or any other country — one 
to which every citizen within the domains of this great land can 
refer witli just pride. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. H. 1()7 

•• I reeomuv'ud that a committee of five be appointed by 
tliis Encampment, wliose duties shall be in accordance with the 
forego ing. and (■m[)()\vi'r('d to solicit aid from the general govei'u- 
ment and from individuals. I think we give too little thought to 
patriotic sentiment, "to the glories of the past, and to the shrine 
of the veteran— THE OLD FLAG! Too little thought to the 
blessings we enjoy I Ever}' patriotic act, every subscription to a 
monument fund, every dollar devoted to the relief of the suffering, 
every gathering where patriotic sentiments are expressed, ludp to 
build a wealth that cannot be represented in figures, because every 
such act breathes the life that will perpetuate our love for the 
nation and continue its prosperity. 

IIAUTRANFT. 

'•Comrade John F. llartrauft, the fifth Commander-in-Chief, 
within the year has responded to the call of the Great Commander 
and now has his seat at ttie great Encampment on the other side. 

"Hartrauft, the modest, kind and brave soldier, the honored, 
lo^'ed and trusted citizen — his memory is a living fragrance of 
deeds well done. 

" Comrades, the honor conferred upon me by the Twenty- 
third National Encampment in electing me your Commander-in- 
Chief was by far the greatest I have ever received. The task of 
performing the duties of the office is indeed a great one ; but with 
it are mingled the greatest pleasures that can come to man in this 
world, outside of his own sacred home, and while life shall last I 
shall never cease to be thankful that this great trust was, for a 
time, committed to my keeping. 

"For your generosity, your aid, and for your many acts of 
personal kindness, I thank you most sincerely, and hope you will 
carry mj^ grateful acknowledgments to those of our number not 
permitted to be here. Wherever I have been I have found the 
same enthusiastic, loyal sentiment of comradeship shown here 
today. May it grow stronger and stronger while we are permitted 
to live, and, when the end comes here, may we be gathered in that 
great camp where the bugle sounds neither the reveille nor lights 

out. 

••Again and again I thank you." 



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The address Avas frequently applauded and his references to 
General Sherman aroused great enthusiasm. 

REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL. 

The report of the Adjutant-General, George H. Hopkins, 
stated : " Owing to the fact that the Twenty-fourth National En- 
campment is held two weeks earlier in the year than the preceding 
Encampment, the reports from some of the Departments are not 
as full as they would have been had more time been given to the 
Posts in the various Departments to make their reports. When 
3'ou assumed command of the Grand Armj' of the Republic there 
were fortj^-two Departments, with 6,711 Posts, and a membership 
in good standing of 3'S2,589. The consolidated report for the 
quarter ending June 30th, 1890, shows forty-three Departments, 
with the provisional Department of Indian Territory and Okla- 
homa, and a membership in good standing of 427,981, being a 
net gain of 2 Departments, 464 Posts, "and 47,116 comrades. 

"The following table gives the strength of the several 
Departihents, and the gains of each in Posts and membership, 
between June 30, 1889, and June 30, 1890. 

" These tables show that on June 30th, 1890, there were 
in the several Departments 7,178 Posts, with a membership of 
897,885. The gains since June 30th, 1889, were 520 Posts and 
20,217 members. The losses were 20 Posts and 1,581 members : 

Members in good staudmg, June 30, 1889 . . 382,617 

Gain by muster 40,027 

Gain by transfer 8,320 

Gain by reinstatement 20,1G0 

Gain from delinquent reports 13,138 

Total gain 81,945 

Aggregate 464,562 

Loss by deatli 5,476 

Loss by honorable discharge ..... 1,774 

Loss by transfer 10,277 

Loss by suspension 6,111 

Loss by dishonorable discharge .... 537 

Loss by delinquent reports 12.406 

Total loss 36,581 



Members in good standing June 30, 1890 



427,981 



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Net gain iu membership in good standing, 47,llt;. 

Net gain in Posts reporting, 464. 

Members remaining suspended . . . . 25,140 

Members last quarter by delinquent reports . . 2,389 

Total in suspension .... 27.529 

Total members on rolls Jun6 30. 1890 . . . 455,510 

Adding to this those on transfer (who are, of 

course, still members of the order) . . 2.720 



Total membership 458,230 

" The loss b}' deliuquent reports is caused chiefl}' by the neg- 
ligence of Post ofHcers iu fiiiliug to make their reports, aud it 
would seem that there is uo excuse ou the part of these oflicers 
for this negligence. 

" If to the number of 427,981 in good standing Juue 30, 
1890, were added the number lost by deliuquent reports, and the 
number suspended, who, although suspended, are still members 
of the order, there would be a total membership upon the rolls of 
4.")o,")10; to such should also be added 2,720 who are out on 
transfer cards. 

"The number of deaths during the year was 5,470. The 
amount expended for relief for the j'ear ending March 31, 1890, 
was $221,350.18 ; number of comrades relieved, 19,470; others 
relieved, 8,949 ; total number relieved, 28,419. 

' ' In this sum no mention is made of the large amount of pri- 
vate aid expended b^^ thousands of our members individually or 
collectively, and of which no record can be kept. For the 
quarter ending June 30, 1890, $51,599.01 was expended. 

" The total amount expended by the Grand Army from July 
1, 1871, to July 1, 1890, amounts to the enormous sum of 
$1,987,534.55. 

"In the table showing the progression made during each 
quarter in the last 13 years, the folloAving shows the gain in six 
departments which take the lead : Ohio, 2,593 ; Missouri, 2,028 ; 
Massachusetts, 1,043; Tennessee, 903; Indiana, 957; Illinois, 
779. 

" Two new Departments have been organized. The Depart- 
ment of North Dakota, embraced in the territorial limits of the state 
of North Dakota, was organized at Grand Forks, North Dakota, 



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on April 24, 1H90. Comrade Greorge B. "Winship was elected 
Department Commander, who appointed Comrade William Aeker- 
nian a.s Assistant Adjntant-Geiu'ral, with headqnarters at (irand 
Forks. 

*■' The Provisional Department of Indian Territory and Okla- 
homa Avas authorized by special orders No. 21, dated June 28, 
18'JO, and a Department Encampment was called for the purpose 
of organizing a permanent Department at Guthrie on the 7th day 
of August, 1890." 

REPORT OF THE SURGEON-GENERAE. 

The report of Horace P. Porter, M.D., of Foster, Mo., is 
best summarized b}^ his recommendations as follows: "That 
hereafter the inspectors of Posts shall be required to examine all 
of the officers of all Posts within their jurisdiction concerning 
their knowledge of general and Department orders and circulars 
and the edicts of the National and their Department Encamp- 
ments which affect them in their respective stations ; that Post 
surgeons who are physicians and past medical directors be 
admitted to full delegates' privileges in their Department Encamp- 
ments, and that present medical directors and past Surgeons-Gen- 
eral be hereafter included in the rolls of the National Encamp- 
ments, provided that the officers herein above-mentioned are in 
good standing in the order ; that this Encampment use all honor- 
able means to secure the enactment of an amendment to the 
effect that the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, when 
considering pension claims under the old law, which are based upon 
disability that was practically^ latent for several 3'ears after the 
war, may exercise discretion in the matter of the continuance or 
pathological continuity of said disability, and in case of a war 
disabilit}^, that is exceedingl}^ prevalent among ex-soldiers as a 
class, he may, when the facts seem to warrant such action on his 
part, assume the incurrence of said disability in the service ; the 
early establishment of a commodious branch of the National 
Military Home for disabled volunteer soldiers at some point 
remote from probable epidemic infection on either the Atlantic 
or Gulf coasts of the peninsula portion of the state of Florida. 



NATIONAL KNCAMrMKNT Ol" THE G. A. K. 171 

The fact is einpliasized that the possibility of making an institn- 
tion of this kind self-snstainino- ( particularly in a suli-tropieal 
elimate ) is wortliy of serious considrration." 

Dr. Porter expressed his belief tliat the Grand Army of llie 
l\epul)lie should have its own disability records. Those in the 
hands of the u-ovei'unient are not accessible. The (irand Army 
of the Republic has never made a great effort to sliow the world 
hoAV nmch the soldier sacrificed in diminution of life prospects, or 
that, these life-shortening and comfort-destroying war disaliilities 
mean something, and are not creatures of the imagination. An 
annual per capita tax of one cent upon our membership Avould 
maintain for several years, at least, a Grand Army of the Keimblic 
Bureau of Vital Statistics, where facts could be accumulated that 
are going to be needed in the near future to meet a wholesale 
denunciation of the legitimate claims of the ex-soldier. 

KKPoirr ol' THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL. 

Inspector-General I). K. GritHth of Troy, X. Y., reported 
that the Order is not only growing numerically stronger, but is 
working earnestly and harmoniously in furthering the grand objects 
for which it was organized. A glance at the amounts exi^ended 
for charity by the Posts in the several Departments will prove 
that no organization on the face of the earth more constantly 
l)atrols that broad road between Jerusalem and Jericho, in the 
exercise of the sweet office of ministering to the helpless and 
unfortunate. 

"I regret," he said, "that reports from several Departments 
show that not one-half of the Posts have been inspected. The 
rules and regulations (Article V., Chapter 5) require tliat tliere 
shall be a thorough inspection of each Post every year. The 
reason for this must be obvious. Me cannot secure uniformity 
of work and a compliance with our ritual and laws unless a 
thorough inspection of each Post shall be made every year, and 
tliat inspection should be made b}' a comrade assigned to such 
duty who is not a member of the Post to be inspected. Neither 
should assignments to such duty be made only to compliment a 
comrade or to repay a debt of obligation, but rather in the interest 
of the sood of the organization and with reasonable assurance of 



172 UXOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

a prompt and intelligent discharge of the duty imposed. The 
inspection should have been completed by June 30th, yet some of 
the Departments have waited until August 5th before sending 
their reports to this office, while others have not reported as 
required by orders from national headquarters. I have been 
delayed and greatly embarrassed by the negligence of Department 
and assistant inspectors, and respectfully suggest that some 
means should be devised to secure a more thorough inspection of 
Posts, and a more prompt return from Departments." < 

Connecticut reports 84 Posts, with a membership of G,740; 
expended in charity, $10,59G.87 ; relief fund, S()3,009.29 ; Post 
fund, $19,787.63; value of other property, $39,415.45. This 
Department gained two Posts during the year. 

Maine reports 157 Posts, with a membership of 9,482; 
expended in charity, $8,028.50 ; amount in relief fund, $9,051.55. 

Massachusetts reports number of Posts, 199; membership, 
21,742; expended in charity, $44,741.36. 

New Hampshire reports 93 Posts, with a membership of 
5,047; expended in charity, $4,157.29 ; amount in relief fund, 
$11,486.65. 

Rhode Island reports 2 1 Posts , with 2,732 members ; amount ex- 
pended in charity, $3,213.94 ; amount in relief fund, $23,513.68 ; 
amount in Post fund, $16,911.38; Post property, $11,776.75. 
Every Post in the Department has been inspected. 

Vermont reports 105 Posts, with a membership of 5,247; 
amount expended in charity, $2,500.07 ; amount in relief fund, 
$6,402. 

From the facts and figures in his possession the Inspector- 
General has compiled a table showing that the number of Posts 
in the Grand Army on June 30th, 1890, was 6,928; number of 
comrades in good standing in Posts inspected to June 30, 351,244 ; 
number of Posts inspected, 5,010 ; number of Posts not inspected, 
1,051 ; Posts in which benefits are paid on account of sickness, 
649 ; number of Posts having a relief fund for charity, 1,621 ; 
total amount expended for charity, $282,556.01 ; amount remain- 
ing in relief fund, $475,350.07. 



NATIONAL ENCAJirMENT OF THE G. A. K. 173 

QrAKTEKMASTEK-OENERAL';; KEPOKT. 

The report of Quartermaster-General John Taylor of I'liila- 
delphia. cousitsted entirely of figures. Que set showed the ofHcial 
in account Avith the Grand Army. Itgave cash balance August 3 1st, 
l.ss'j, of $12,333.49 ; receipts from sale of supplies, $22,89(5.35 ; 
receipts from capita tax, S7,()ll .Oi; ; interest on United States 
bonds and deposits, 8825.21 ; total to be accounted for, 
S43,(;85.11. The expenditures had amounted to $34, 239. .'JO, of 
which S15,72G.90 had been for the purchase of supplies, and 
$18,512.40 for incidentals, postage, salaries, etc. Another table 
gave the total assets as follows: — Cash balance on hand, 
89,445.81; due by Department, $852.11; United States bonds, 
19,800.00; supplies, $1,571.08; total, $31,669.00. 

The Grant Monument fund was shown to have been increased 
by $981,76 since the last Encampment, and to amount to 
$11,114.55. 

Comrades AVilliam A. Wallace of New York, A. D. Reed of 
Illinois, J. W. Thatcher of Connecticut, and Thomas D. Rogers 
of Missouri, and Adjutant-General George H. Hopkins of Detroit, 
as chairman, were appointed a committee on credentials. 

On motion of Commander Clarkson of New York, by unani- 
mous rising vote, it was ordered that a portrait of John A. 
Andrew, the War Governor of Massachusetts, be placed upon the 
j)latform. 

DETROIT IN ism. 

A comrade from jMiehigan presented tlie following, which, in 
the shape of a map, Avas hung in front of the desk of the Chair : — 

The following resolutions were unanimouslj' adopted by the 
Common Council of the city of Detroit, July 1 0th, 1890, presented by 
Alderman Burt : — 

Whekeas, The annual Encampment of the Grand Army of the 
Kepublic, Department of Michigan, has instructed its delegates to the 
National Encampment of the G. A. R. to use all honorable means to have 
the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Repul)lic for the 
year 1891 held at Detroit; 

Whkhkas, The citizens of Detroit and of ^lichigan are earnestly 
and heartily in accord with this desire, and will assure the brave 
defenders of the Union, composing that grand Order, a most cordial 
Avolcomc to and hospitable entertaimnent while in our city; 



174 UNOFFICIAL PKOCEEDIXGS TAVEXTY- FOURTH 

Hesulved, That the freedom and most generous hospitality of this 
city is hereby tendered to the Grand Army of the Republic, and they are 
hereby cordially invited, through the National Encampment to beheld 
in Boston in August next, and earnestly requested to hold their National 
Encampment in the year 1891 in the city of Detroit. 

Ii('si)h:ed, Tiiat a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions 
be presented to the National Encampment at Boston, by the delegates to 
tiiat Encampment from this state, and that His Honor, the Mayor, be 
requested to call a citizens' meeting to take suitable measures to assist 
the members of the Grand Army of the Republic in this state in securing 
the National Encampment in 1891 in this city. 

I hereby ■ certify that the above is a true copy of the resolutions 
adopted by the Common Council of the city of Detroit, July 10th, 1890. 

In witness Avhereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the 
seal of said city, this tenth day of July, 1890. 

H. S. PiNGREi:, Jkujor. 
A. G. KitONiiKRG, Citij Clerk. 

At noon the eoiivention adjourned until two p.m. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 

It wns near]}' half-past two o'clock when General Alger 
called the convention to order. During the recess the Depart- 
ments had been assigned seats in the order of seniority. 

A pleasing incident occurred at the opening of proceedings, 
when General Alger announced that a representative from 
Honolulu desired to be heard. Immediately there appeared upon 
the platform Colonel Y. V. Ashford, Commander of the Hawaiian 
military forces, and Adjutant of Post 45 of Honolulu. He said 
that, in response to the wishes of his Post, which was the outpost 
of the Grand Armj^, he desired to present, for the use of the 
Commander-in-Chief, a gavel made of twelve different kinds of 
native wood. This gift was intended to represent the admiration 
jMid zeal which that Post felt for the Conunander-in-Chief. 

The next business in order, uuder a vote of the Encampment, 
was the nomination of candidates for the office of Commander-in- 
Chief. 

TIk' roll was called, and tlie representatives from each state 
IukI an opportunity to name their choice. California led off by 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. It. 175 

presentiiiii' the claims ol" Coluucl Snu'dbtTii', a retired ollicer of the 
regular army, wjio lost his leg at the battle of the "Wilderness. 
'Jlie delegate who advocated the claims of Colonel Smedberg 
asked if the Encampment could remember a time Avhen a far 
western state had had a Commander-in-Chief. California wanted 
to put forward a gallant soldier, but whatever might be the result 
she would be true to the Grand Arnw, and to the comrade selected 
as its leader. 

When Connecticut was called, Comrade Taintor, in an 
eloquent speech, nominated Colonel AVheelock G. Veazey of 
Vermont, and Maine seconded the nomination. At the mention 
of Colonel Veazey's name there was great enthusiasm. 

Indiana gave its support to General Alvin P. Ilovey, and 
Ohio, Avith a Department of 4(),0(i0 members, named General 
Hovey as its choice. 

Minnesota had no candidate, for its Department had enrlorsecj 
the nomination of Colonel Yeaze}'. Missouri voted and Nebraska 
>upported Colonel Veazey ; ]\lontana for Colonel Smedberg, and 
Xew Ilamjjshire, New Jersey. Idaho and Iowa expressed a prefer- 
ence for Colonel Veazey. 

AVhen the state of Xew York was reached, Warner Miller 
arose as its representative, and was greeted with prolonged 
ap})hiuse. He was obliged to take the platform, and after quiet 
[)revailed, said he had been instructed to second the nomination 
of one whom the delegates loved and honored. If New York had 
no candidate of its own, he did not Avant the Encampment to 
forget that New York once owned a little strip in the Green 

.Mountain state. Althouuh its soil miuht be unfitted for ordinary 

, -- ^ 

crops, yet there was one crop it could raise to perfection — the 
crop of loyal men. In conclusion Mr. Miller named Colonel 
\'eazey as the comrade who would be supported by the entire 
delegation of New York. 

Penns3-lvania, Kliode Island, Tennessee and Texas in quick 
succession named Colonel Vi>azey, and for Vermont, Ex-Governor 
and Comrade Pingree euh^gized the services of Cohmel \'eazey, 
and said that Vermont sent to the field oI.OOO of her sons, or 
more than one in ten of her entire population. A larger i)rop()r- 
ti(^n of her sons poured out their lilood llian of any other state of 



1 76 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTV-FOUKTH 

the loyal North. Utah, Virginia, Washington and Alaska Avanted 
Colonel Smedberg, and Illinois was the last state to respond for 
Colonel Veazey. Massachusetts would have had an able repre- 
sentative in General Charles Devens, whose familiarity with the 
soldier and judicial record of Colonel Veazey gave him an excep- 
tional opportunity to speak in praise of Vermont's choice ; but as 
the delegation was divided in the matter of Senior Vice-Commander, 
it was decided to take no part in the selection of Commander-in- 
Chief. 

As soon as the roll call ended, Colonel Smedberg ascended 
the platform and gracefully withdrew his name, and he was 
followed by General Hovey, who pursued a similar course. This 
action was greeted with great applause, and by unanimous vote 
Colonel Veazey was declared elected Commander-in-Chief. 

Comrades Smedberg, Hovey and Miller were appointed a 
committee to escort Colonel Veazey to the platform, and when he 
appeared there was a great deal of enthusiasm. 

Although suffering from a severe hoarseness, Colonel Veazej^^ 
succeeded in making comrades at the further end of the hall hear 
his voice. He said : — 

REMARKS OF COLONEL VEAZEY. 

"Had I the lips of a genius, I should not be able to find 
words to evince the expression and gratitude that is your due, or 
the feeling of thanksgiving that lies down deep in my heart. 

"I recognize the great responsibility of this highest of all 
offices. I can make you but one simple pledge — that, with God's 
help and your support, which I know I shall receive, because you 
never fail to give it when you face death, I will do everything in 
my power to preserve untarnished, even as I receive it from this 
ideal Commander (turning towards General Alger) as he received 
it from those who preceded him, the fair escutcheon of the Grand 
Army. God grant that I may never forget what is due to every 
man, even the humblest, of that Great Army which preserved our 
country one-quarter of a century ago, and which through this 
glorious organization of ours has been laid deep in the foundation 
of the future security of our countiy. Perhaps it may not be 
improper for me to announce that I feel prepared to say that my 




Wheelock G. VEAZEY. 

COMMANDER - IN CHIEF- ELECT G. A. R., 1891. 



XATIOXAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 177 

business now will be of such a character as to keep me at the 
National Cai)itol, where so many of you I liope may often come, 
or at tlie centres of tlie country, and thus keep up in tlie touch of 
elliows with you and all the comrades of the Grand Army. 

" .Vnd may 1 not say that I sincerely hope that it will not be 
simply the touch of elbows, but the touch of hearts bi'tween us 
all? Of course, conu'ades, I cannot expect to enuilate the example 
which this, your Commander, has set. because you know that 
there is, and can be, but one General Alger. ]?ut, comrades, 1 
feel that I can safely say this to you, that after more than twenty 
years in the ranks, and within the different grades of ottice of the 
(xrand Army, I do feel as if I knew something about our glorious 
organization, and I say to you that I purpose to know everything 
that it is possible to know about the Grand Army in every Depart- 
ment in the hind, and wherever the (Trand Army demands my 
presence, nothing will stand between me and it, which I regard 
my first and great duty. 

''Now, comrades, it is not necessary for me to say to you 
what you all know, and that is, that the Grand Army of the 
Republic is founded on a rock, and with God's blessing the gates 
of Hell cannot prevail against it. I speak with deep feelings of 
gratitude iu my heart for the greatest honor you have conferred 
upon me or could confer upon any other living man." 

Xext in order Avas the selection of a candidate for Senior 
\'ice-Commander-in-Chief, and it being conceded that the otHce, 
out of eonrtesj', belonged to Massachusetts, the matter was left 
to the delegates from that state. After a length}^ conference 
Captain J. G. B. Adams, on behalf of the delegation, presented 
the name of Richard F. Tobin, and said that he was the unani- 
mous choice. The Encampment thereupon instructed the Adju- 
tant-General to cast one vote for Mr. Tobin, and he accepted the 
position in the following speech : — 

REMAUKS OE COMKADE TOBIN. 

" Co niinaiide r-in-Cliicf, and Connutdi's of tlic Tu'i'iitii-foiirtli 
Xationcd Encampment : lam deeply sensible of the obligations 
under which I rest, and for the high honor which my associates of 
the Department of Massachusetts have today conferred upon mi'. 



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178 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDIXGS TWEN'TY-FOLRTII 

I tli:uik them most sincerely for their kiiidly expression of confi- 
dence, and I thank you, comrades of the Encampment, for the 
manner in which that expression has been received. 1 stand here 
today as a representative of that arm of the service which co- 
operated with you whenever and wherever there was water enough 
to float a guu-boat. I stand here as a representative of that arm 
of the service whose brilliant achievements have been rarely 
equalled and never excelled b}' the navj^ of any other nation in 
the world. I will not attempt to impose further upon your time 
other than to say that so far as in me lies, I will exert every effort 
and eveiy influence to second the efforts of him whom you have 
toda}' made your Commander-in-Chief. Alwaj^s having in mind 
the Grand Arm}" of the Republic, with the aim in view that it 
shall ever be upward and onward. I hope that when the next 
year will have closed that I, together with m}- associates in official 
position, maj^ be able to turn over to the next Encampment an 
organization so blessed with prosperity, so filled with enthusiasm 
as 3'ou ( to General Alger ) , Commander-in-Chief, have the 
pleasure of turning over to your successor today. Comrades, 
from the inmost depths of my heart I thanlv j'ou." 

In the meantime the Encampment had proceeded to select a 
Juuior Yice-Coinmauder, and California, first on the list, put 
forward the claims of Alonzo AVilliams, a professor in Brown's 
University at Providence. Ohio and Indiana favored the selec- 
tion of Judge David R.' Austin of Ohio, but as nearly every other 
state desired the election of Geo. P. Creamer of Baltimore, the 
names of Mr. Williams and Judge Austin were withdrawn and 
Mr. Creamer was elected by unanimous vote. 

There were several candidates put in nomination for the 
offices of Surgeon-in-Chief and Chaplain-in-Chief, but the En- 
campment decided not to take any action until Thursday. 

THE NEXT ENCAMPMENT AT DETROIT. 

General Alger temporari-l}'^ surrendered the Chair to Honora- 
ble Warner Miller, who, in brief remarks, moved that the next 
Encampment be held at Detroit, the home of General Alger. 
The motion prevailed by unanimous vote, and General Alger 
expressed thanks at the action of the Encampment, and assured 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. 1!. 17'.) 

till' delegates that they would receive a warm welcome, altliouuli 
it would be a hard task to t'qual the reception they had received 
iu Boston. 

The Kncanipuient then adjourned uutil ten a.m. Thursday. 



THURSDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. 

The Grand Army Encampment was not called to order until 
shortly before 11 o'clock Thursday and nearly every deleu'ate was 
present, except General Sherman, who soon appeared. 

in-.ronT on tensions. 

Past Commander-in-Chief George S. Merrill presented the 
following report of the pension committee: — 

'• To the National Encampment of the G. A. 7?. ; The com- 
mittee on pensions appointed uuder resolution of the National 
Encampment, herewith presents its ninth annual report: 

'■'•Iu pursuance of the instructions of the last National En- 
campment, your committee proposed for presentation to Congress 
tAvo bills : 

"1. The disability bill, so many times endorsed by this 
body, providing pensions for all widows of veterans without regard 
to the origin of the disease from which the death occurred ; an 
increase for minor children ; a pension for dependent parents from 
date of dependence, whether existing before or arising since the 
war ; and a pension for all veterans who are now or may hereafter 
become so disabled as to pri'veiit the earning of a liveliluxjd. 

"2. A per diein service pension of a rate per month equal 
to one cent for each day's service, with an $8.00 minimum limita- 
tion, this to be an absolute pension for service, and, therefore, in 
addition to any disability pension. 

" The connnittee has held six sessions during the year, and on 
four occasions presented to the committees and members of Con- 



180 UNUIFICIAL I'UOCEEDINGS TAVEXXy-FOURTH 

gress these two bills as embodying the desire of the veterans of 
the Republic as to general pension legislation. No action has yet 
been taken in relation to the service pension bill. 

" Following the formal presentation of the two bills by your 
committee, the Senate speedily passed a disability bill, broad in 
many of its provisions, but containing a dependent clause. A 
different bill was pending in the Plouse, having no such provision 
and authorizing pensions to all veterans who have reached the age 
of sixt}^ years. Believing that more satisfactory results could be 
reached through committees of conference than in an}- other way, 
3^our committee urged that the House disagree to the Senate 
measure, and pass its own bill, which was done. Neither of these 
was the bill of your committee, but each included some features 
thereof. Committees of conference having been appointed, j^our 
committee requested a hearing, which was granted, and subse- 
quently a bill was agreed upon, passed by both houses, and on 
June 27th, by the signature of the President, became a law. 
This bill provides a pension of 88. OU per month for all widows of 
veterans without requiring proof that the death of the soldier or 
sailor was occasioned by reason of au}- disability incurred during 
the service; a pension of $12.00 a month for each dependent 
father or mother from date of dependence, instead of a pension, 
as under the former law, in case of parents, only when depend- 
ence existed at time of death of the son; a pension of 86.00 to 
812.00 per month for all veterans now or hereafter so disabled as 
to be unable to earn a living h\ manual labor without proof to 
connect such disability with service. 

'' This law, while not in the precise form of the bill presented 
b}" your committee, preserves the most important features thereof. 
So far as the soldier or sailor is concerned, it contains no cause 
or requirement of dependence. For this your committee has from 
the beginning of the discussion earnestly contended, and no disa- 
bility bill containing a dependent clause as applicable to the 
veterans has ever had our indorsement. 

"The new law enables all pensioners now receiving less 
than 80.00 to avail themselves of the minimum provisions thus 
established, .increasing all lesser pensions to 8(>.00 and wiping out 
the multitudinous smaller grades with Avhieh the pension rolls 
have been disfigured. 



NATIONAL EXCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 181 

'■ While not just what wc asked, it is tlu' most liln'ral pension 
nieasuiv ever passed l>y any lei>islative body in the woi'ld, an<l 
Avill phice npou the rolls all of the survivors of the war whose 
conditions of health are not practically perfect. 

'•The connnitti'e niaki'S <i"ratefnl acknowledtiinent of the 
earnest and synipatliizini!; efforts, in the work of liberalizinu' tlu' 
pension laws, of Ilonoralile 0. K. Davis of ^Minnesota, chairman 
of the Senate committee on pensions; also of the untirinu'. intelli- 
gent and successful work of Honorable E. N. MojTill of Kansas, 
chairman of the House committee on invalid pensions, to whom 
the veterans owe an unmeasured del»t of gratitude. 

" The report of one year ago presented the principal pension 
measures which have become a law tiu'ough the advocacy of tliis 
connnittee since its organization, and the Grand Army of tiie 
Kepublic is now to be congratuhited that the record of the pen- 
sion work the organization has so vig(n'Ously pressed has become 
so nearly complete through the enactment of the disability bill. 
Not all that we have desired, not all for which we have striven, 
has been accomplished during the existence of this committee, but 
tln'ri' has, at least, been an honest and earnest effort to be of ser- 
vice to the veterans of the Republic. The work of the connnittee 
is necessarily exacting, and the chairman, after nine years' 
service, and Comrades Kountz, Burst, and Fairchild, ineml)t'rs 
for successive terms, feel that the right to retire has lieeii fairly 
earned, and will positively decline a reappointment. 

Respectfully sul)mitted. 

George S. Merrill, 
John S. Kountz, 
John W. Burst, 
Ri( HARD W. Blue, 
Lotus Fairchild, 

Pension Commiftee." 

The report was accepted and adopted, and on motion of Past 
Commander-in-Chief Beath, the Encampment, by a unanimous 
rising vote, expressed its thanks for the valuable work of the 
committee. 



182 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

A rnuSENT TO GENERAL WARNER. 

At this point General Alger said that he intended to make a 
change in the programme which he felt would be acceptable to all. 
He then requested Comrade Sherman to come to the platform, 
and as the General walked up the aisle there was a storm of 
applause. Comrade Warner was then asked to come to the plat- 
form and he received a cordial greeting. Comrade Devens, another 
Past Commander-in-Chief, was also called, and was given a soldier's 
welcome. 

After the three distinguished comrades had been seated, a 
beautiful candelabra clock and set was uncovered, and General 
Sherman in a feeling speech presented them to Comrade Warner, 
whose response was eloquent. 

Following is Genei'al Sherman's speech : — 

' ' Comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic : It is made 
my pleasant office this morning, as your agent, to present to your 
former Commander-in-Chief a testimonial of your love and affec- 
tion. That alone would be a sufficient reward to any honorable 
man, but we are in the habit of clustering it around a sword, or 
sash, or some token of affection. In this case it has assumed the 
form I am told — I have not seen it — of a pair of candelabra and 
clock so that our Comrade Warner may now measure time and 
have a taper burning, — emblematic of liberty since the beginning 
of time. (Applause.) 

"The office is a veiy simple one, and, comrades, I shall 
therefore not tire you with words, but proceed to unmask the bat- 
tery and let Warner look at these tokens of affection. (General 
Sherman then removed the coverings from the clock and candel- 
abra.) It is especially pleasant for me to execute this Office, 
because we have been associated ever since I joined your frater- 
nity. I did not belong to the Grand Army of the Republic when 
in active command of the army. I thought it was not right for 
me to do it ; but the very moment I retired from active life I 
notified the Post, or rather Department of the State of Missouri, 
in which I then lived, that I desired to join a Post ( applause ) 
and to remain Avith it as long as enough members remain to carry 
me to my grave. Up to that time, although I had seen Major 



NATIONAL EXCAMFMENT OF THE G. A. R. 183 

Warner, I did not know liini. I did not appreciate the man, l)ut 
he came from Kansas C'it}" to St. Louis, and without one word or 
note of preparation, or even the little manual which you usually 
carry in your hand to prompt your memor}^, he recited the whole, 
clearly and distincth% and I took the oath. I think I have 
adhered to it. Now, Comrade Warner, with loving remembrance 
of those early daj'^s, and in confirmation of the act of this august 
and most honorable body, I convey from them to ^^oii these beau- 
tiful articles, to be carried to your home, to embellish it and give 
gladness not only to your good wife, but to those children 
toward whom you turn to carry your memory down to future ages. 
( Great applause and three cheers for Past Commander-in-Chief 
Warner.)" 

Comrade Warner said : 

" Commander-in-Chiff, Com rude Sherman and Comrades of 
the Encampment : If today I were called upon to receive this mark 
of your esteem and confidence or anj^ patent of nobility that could 
be conferred upon me by any royal famil}^, I would be recreant 
to my feelings if I did not unhesitatingly select your approbation 
and your words. (Applause.) And if I had my choice of all the 
men living to perform this office, I would not go to the crowned 
heads of Europe, but I would select the man who is enshrined in 
tiie hearts of the American people, our beloved comrade, General 
Sherman. I am proud, comrades, that it was my good fortune to 
have been Department Commander of the then little Department 
of Missouri, and it was my honor to muster Comrade Sherman 
into the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic and as the first 
Post commander of the Ransom Post of the city of St. Louis. 
The greatest poet^of the ages has said : 

" ' The friends thou hast, and tlieir adoption tried, 
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.' 

"Comrades, I feel that I may grapple to each of you, all 
that is dearer and tenderer, by ties that are more enduring than the 
ties of steel. I am bound to each of you by the ties of comrade- 
ship, by memories of dangers past and of victories won, b}' mem- 
ories of our dead, and by that saci'ed duty to our comrades living. 
(Applause.) Words fail me to express my thoughts. I cannot 



184 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

do it, no more than the colors of the rainbow can be transferred 
to the canvas. There are many things, comrades, I would say, 
but I feel that it is all in the simple words, if I should take each 
of you by the hand, and look 3'ou in the eye, and from the bottom 
of my lieart say, God liless you. I shall cherish this token of 
your esteem, beautiful and elegant as it is, but I see around it, 
comrades, a halo of glory ; I see around it something that I can 
transmit to my children, and say that an organization composed 
of over four hundred tliousand of the survivors of the men that 
saved the country had enough regard and esteem for me to pre- 
sent this as a token of their affection. Time it will measure, and 
with eveiy tick of the clock, and with exevy ray of the candle, 
comrades, I shall think of you ; and in the great loom of time in 
which the warp and woof of every life is woven, in tliat small 
space I may occup}", the brightest space in that warp will be the 
kind remembrance of the many acts of kindness and esteem that 
I have received at your hands. In the future, as in the past, I 
here pledge myself that whatever influence, and whatever energy 
and whatever ability I may possess, that shall be given in behalf 
of my comrades. I shall continue in that line as God gives me 
to see the line of duty, and whenever any party, or anj^ church 
comes between me and my comrades, I shall touch elbow with the 
old comrade, broken and destitute though he may be. 

"Comrade Sherman, permit me again to thank you for this 
office. I have boj^s, and as eveiy boy in the country, they 
revere your name. Your name may not be engraved in letters on 
this clock, but it will shine forever in our memories, and when- 
ever we read' it we shall read the name of Comrade William 
Tecumseh Sherman, and the names of all the" comrades of the 
Grand Army of the Republic. Comrades, God bless you. I 
thank you." 

The committee on rules and regulations reported adversely 
on a resolution to restore the old ritual, but suggested the appoint- 
ment of a committee to make changes in the one now in use. 

By nearly a unanimous vote, the Encampment substituted a 
minority report to restore the old ritual. 

Mrs. Knowles, the president, and a delegation from the 
Massachusetts A\^:)man's Relief Corps were admitted and Mrs. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 1 .S.') 

Kiiowles made :ui excclU'iit s[)crcli, iii wliicli she oave an accomit 
of the work of the oriiaiiizatioii. The ^^'olllall's Kclirf Corps liad 
n memltership of 102, .")22, aiul j?;)-l,oo.j.()4: in tlie treasury. In its 
seven years of existence it had expended for relief S'i4<S,I)2!»..S!), 
and had turned over to Posts 81 2(),ll>.s..')7, inakin;^' a total of 

S;)7.').(i:is.A(». 

As the delegation left the hall the Encampment rosi' and 
cheered. 

The most interesting discussion came on the report of the 
connnittee on resolutions against adopting a resolution offered ])y 
the Department of Massachusetts to so amend the rules and regu- 
lations as to deprive Past Department Commanders of the right 
to seats in the National Encampment. Comrade Keifer of Ohio 
presented the views of the majority, and was supported hy Past 
Commander-in-Chief Wagner, Comrade Hall of Maine, and others, 
Avho made earnest speeches against the same. The minorit}' had 
as its representative Comrade Weymouth of Massachusetts. By 
a unanimous vote the report of the majority was sustained. 

OTIIEU MATTERS. 

Comrade Warner jNIiller reported a I'esolution which met the 
heai'ty approval of the Encampment, that a suitahle testimonial 
lie procured for the Commander-in-Chief in recognition of his val- 
ualile services. 

A communication was received from the wife of General E. 
B. Haj'es of the Confederate Armj-, offering to return the flag of 
some Union regiment, probably the Thirty-seventh Pennsylvania, 
or the Seventy-third Ohio, which was captured b}^ the Eighth 
Lonisiana at Gettysburg. The thanks of the Encampment were 
extended to Mrs. Hayes for her kind offer. 

A resolution was passed thanking Congress for tlie passage 
of pension laws, and to the President for his prompt approval of 
the disability pension bill. 

A resolution was adopted asking Congress to pass an act to 
prohibit the display of Confederate flags on public occasions. 

A resolution that the P2ncampment favor the making of 
Ford's Theatre in Washington a National Museum for war 
mementos was adopted. 



18G UNOFFICIAL PROCEEUIXGS TWENTY- FOUltTH 

A resolution was adopted favoring the passage of a law 
exempting veterans from examination in classified civil service. 

A petition from William 31. Collins, for restoration as Past 
Department Commander of Kentucky, caused considerable dis- 
cussion, and was referred to the new Council of Administration, 
witli full powers. 

SERVICE PENSIONS. 

On the subject of service pensions, a majority of the com- 
mittee on resolutions submitted the following : — 

Believing that the Grand Army of the Republic is, and of 
right ought to be, entitled to speak for and represent that host of 
patriots that in the hour of the Nation's need came to its rescue, 
from 1861 to 18(;o ; and believing that every pension granted 
ought to be a badge of honor ; and believing that any pension that 
may be granted on the ground of service, in order to be an honor 
to the man Avho receives and the nation that grants, must be the 
spontaneous, voluntary offering of a grateful people, and not 
procured by the eager efforts of a combination or organization 
banded together to urge or demand recompense for services ren- 
dered, the Grand Army of the Republic, in National Encampment 
assembled, does now 

Eesolve, That while we will carefully watcli and diligently urge 
that all proper provisions shall be made and continued for our Avounded, 
disabled and helpless comrades, it is not consistent with the dignity of 
this organization, or its high and patriotic aims, to take part in asking 
for legislation looking to the granting of a pension, by which every 
member of this organization shall be placed upon the pension roll for 
service merely. 

A minority of the committee, through Governor Hovey of 
Indiana, presented the following : — 

Besolved, That while we are thankful for the aid given to our help- 
less comrades and their widows by the present Congress, in the passage 
of what is called the disability pension bill, tliey have failed to comply 
with the request of the Grand Army of the Republic at the twenty-second 
National Encampment at Columbus, Ohio, and re-affirmed at the twenty- 
third National Encampment at Milwaukee, and also have failed to comply 
with the resolutions of Grand Army Posts and petitions, representing 
thousands of veterans in every loyal state in the Union, asking for the 
passage of a service pension bill, and we therefore re-affirm and endorse 



NATIONAL 1.XCAMPMENT <)1-' THE G. A. K. IS? 

the resolutions passed at the National Encanipmeuts at Colnmbns and 
Mihvankee, and tlic petitions of Posts askina: for tlie passage of a 
service pension bill. 

In behalf of tlie minority report, the speakers were C'onu'ades 
Gibson of Ohio, Haubach of Kansas, Starmont of Indiana, (lark 
of Illinois, and Bine of Kansas. 

For the majority. Comrades Ketchnm of Illinois, Fairchild of 
"Wisconsin, Rea of Minnesota, and Bnrdette of Washington, spoke. 

The minority' report was snbstituted by a vote of 174 to 1()0. 

COUNCIL Ob' ADMINISTRATIOX. 

Alabama, C. D. Eeamer ; Arizona, Vi. J. Mnrphy ; Arkan- 
sas, Heniy C. Colwell; California, Magnus Taft; Colorado and 
Wyoming, J. B. Cook; Connecticut, Nathan Esterbrook, Jr.; 
North Dakota, John D. Black; South Dakota, C. S. Blodgett; 
Delaware, Richard McClelland; Florida, Thomas S. Wilmuth; 
Georgia, Thomas F. Gleason; Illinois, 11. S. Dietrich; Indiana, 
W. H. Armstrong; loAA'a, L. B. Raymond; Idaho, George L. 
Short ; Kentuckj^, Albert Scott ; Louisiana and Mississippi, C. H. 
Shute ; Maine, Thomas J. Libby ; Massachusetts, J. Payson 
Bradley; Maryland, Frank Nolan; Minnesota, J. H. ]Mullen ; 
Michigan, F. D, Newberry; Missouri, James R. Milner; Montana, 
Mark W. Shaw; Nebraska, Joseph A. Miles; New Hampshire, 
Robert T. Leavitt ; New Jerse}^, Charles F. Kirkup ; New Mexico, 
J. H. Purdy; New York, R. F. Knapp ; Ohio, R. H. Cochran; 

Oregon, ; Pennsylvania, William McClelland; Potomac, 

Joseph H. French ; Rhode Island, Henry C. Luther ; Tennessee, 
W. W. French ; Texas, J. M. Steere ; Utah, F. B. Addleman ; 
Vermont, E. J. Ranslon; Virginia, James E. Fuller ; Washington 
and Alaska, George H. Boardman ; West Virginia, Charles E. 
Anderson; Wisconsin, O. W. Carlson. 

THE DEATH OF JOHX BOYLE o'rEILLY. 

The following were adopted, on motion of Comrade Henry 
A. Barnum of New York : — 

Whereas, At tlie zenith of his i)o\ver and nsefulness, death has 
suddenly removed a lyric poet, a soldierly man, born in the strife of a 
patriotic people for liberty, who gave to his adopted country the fruits 
of a rare iienlus denied to the green land of his birth, who for nearlv a 



188 UXf)rFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

quarter of a century, in suuir aud oration, in daily editorial eloquence 
here in the lionie of his adoption, has upheld and .2;loritied the godlike 
cause of freedom to man ; and 

WiiKREAS, This National Encampment now beins held in this 
patriotic city of his adopted home, being keenly alive to tlie great value 
of his public services and the irretrievable loss his death has brought to 
the cause of liberty, it is liereby 

Ordered, That tiie Grand Army of the Repuljlic express their deep 
sorrow for the too earlj' death of John Boyle O'Reilly, poet, orator, 
soldier and patriot, and tliat this expression of their grief and sorrow 
be certitied to the bereaved family of tlie deceased. 

THANKS FOR COURTESIES. 

Amid much enthusiasm, resolutions were adopted thanking 
the C'onmionwealtli, the city of Boston, and the citizens of Boston 
for the niagnifieent reception tendered to the National Encamp- 
ment of the Grand Army. 

B. F. Stephenson of C'ynthiana, Ky., was elected Surgeon- 
in-C'hief, and Myron AV. Reed of Denver, Colo., Chaplain-in- 
Chief. 

The Commander-in-Chief-elect, Senior and Junior Vice- 
Commanders were installed by Past Connnander-in-Chief Charles 
Devens. General Yeazey named as his Adjntant-Cieneral, Com- 
rade Joseph H. Goulding of Rutland, Vt., and John Tajdor of 
Philadelphia, Quartermaster-Cileneral. 

At eight o'clock the Encampment was at an end. 




Annie Wittenmyer, 

NATIONAL PRESIDENT W. R. C, 1890, 



NATIOXAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE O. A. K. 189 



THE WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS CONVENTION. 



WHILE the (U'U'giitcs of the (Jrand Army of tlie Kei)ul»li(' 
were assembled in Encampment at Music ITall, Wednes- 
day morning, the Woman's Kelief Corps Avas in session in Tremont 
Temple. The noble Avork accomplished by the members of that 
organization, both individually and collectively, has been so 
identical with that of the (ii'and Army of the Kepublic that its 
patriotic deeds deserve a lasting record upon the historic page. 

The object of the gathering was to hold the Eighth Annual 
Convention of that organization. The hall was gav with 
buutiugs and decorations symbolical of the Order. On the 
])latform were seated ]Mrs. F.. Florence Barker, the first presi- 
dent, Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood, Mrs. Elizabeth D'A. Kiinie, ^Mrs. 
E. L. Hampton, Mrs. L. A. Turner, Mrs. Sarah E. Fuller 
and ]Mrs. Emma B. Lowd. Down the centre of the hall 
extended a line of white satin and gold banners, marking the 
places assigned for delegates from the various states. Occupying 
seats in the press gallery were several members of the National 
Press Association of Washington, President, Mrs. M. D. Lincoln 
(Bessie Beach) ; Vice-President, Mrs. INIar}- S. Lockwood ; Sec- 
retary pro tern, Miss Georgie Snow ; Treasurer, Mrs. Hannah B. 
Sperrj', and Vice-President for Massachusetts, Mrs. Kate Tannatt 
Woods; INIrs. Voorliss (Dora Dartmon) ; Mrs. Lucy A. Leggett, 
Detroit Tribune ; Mrs. Emily L. Sherwood, Washington Sunday 
Herald. Above the table where the}' sat was a beautiful black 
satin banner, lettered in gold, "The Woman's National Press 
Association." 

Early in the session it was aiuiouueed that Secretary Pusk of 
the Ignited States Department of Agriculture was in the corri- 
dor to the hall, and the President ordered an escort to usher him 
in. He Avas enthusiastically received and made a brief address. 
Speeches were afterwaid made by Past Department President, 



rjO UX<^)FFICIAL PKOCKKDIXGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

Mrs. Belle T. Bagley of Ohio, Mrs. Mary A. Logau, Mrs. ^Eary 
A. Livermore and others. Mrs. Geueral Alger was called upon 
hut declined to speak. 

National President, Mrs. Witteiunycr called the Convention 
to order, and delivered the annual address. 

ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT WITTEXJIYER. 

She said: "Today our membership reaches nearly a hun- 
dred thousand ; our charity work during this one year is 
over $100,000, and we have in the treasuries of the local Corps 
through the land a reserve fund on hand of over Slo3,000, and 
the name of the Woman's Relief Corps has become a precious 
household word throughout the republic. 

"There has been a spirit of earnestness and enthusiasm 
throughout our entire Order this year. But it has by no means 
been equal to the demands made upon us, or the wonderful oppor- 
tunities all around us. Thousands of heroes have needed help this 
3'ear who have never called for aid before. We have done what 
we could for their comfort, but if our numbers had been doubled, 
every needy veteran in the land could have been reached and 
properly cared for. There are thousands of loyal women all 
about us, who carelessly look on, and do not realize that there 
has come to them the one grand chance in all the ages for them 
to minister to the heroes who saved their countrj^ from utter 
destruction. 

' ' During the year the following permanent Departments have 
been organized : Texas, North Dakota and the Potomac. A 
great deal of work has been done in West Virginia, and the Corps 
are ready to come in as a Department, but it was deemed best to 
allow them to farther extend their work, and to hold their conven- 
tion for organization in connection with the next Encampment of 
the Grand Army of the KepuV)lic. So the completion of that work 
has been left to my successor in office. 

"The preparatory work in Texas and West Virginia was 
accomplished under great difficulties by Sarah A. C. Plummer, 
my energetic and able instituting and installing officer. 

"Josephine Folsom was appointed Provisional President of 
Nor til Dakota, and soon brought it in as a strong, vigorous, per- 
manent Department. 



NATIONAL ENCAMl'.MENT OK THK G. A. H. 191 

'•I li:i(l the honor of oruanizuiii' Ihc Department of the 
Potomac, with seven Corps, not including the Potomac Corps, 
which stands as heretofore, directly auxiliary to the National. 

"Early in m}^ administration I detached Texas from New 
Mexico, continuing- Maggie Monroe Rudisille, Provisional Presi- 
dent of NeAV Mexico. Tennessee still remains a Provisional 
Department, with Bianca R. MuUer as Provisional President, in 
the place of Helen M. Nixon, resigned. 

"At the request of the officers of the Department of Wash- 
ington, I attached Alaska to that Department, and already there 
has been an advance into that distant region. Various efforts 
having been made to extend the work into Montana, without 
success, I have recenth^ attached Montana to North Dakota, 
believing that the earnest workers in that Department Avould be 
able to enlist the women of Montana, to whom they are so closely 
linked by social ties and commercial highways. 

"I have not deemed it best to organize the detached Corps 
of Virginia into a Department, but the School of Instruction 
ordered by the National Convention was held at Norfolk, Va., 
by Sarah E. Fuller, Past National President. After much pre- 
paratory work, a good attendance was secured, and every part of 
the work was fully exemplified. INIrs. Fuller also inspected and 
instructed the Corps in Virginia, North Carolina and Florida. I 
think the fact has been clearly established that the colored Corps 
auxiliary to local Posts, and having relations directly with National 
Headquarters, are doing good work. 

' ' A vast amount of hard work has been done during the 
year, to secure the passage of an Army Nurse Pension Bill, but 
unfortunately there was a division of sentiment among the friends 
of the measure, as to the amount demanded, Avhich resulted in the 
preparation of a special bill, asking pensions for the army nurses 
whom the Woman's Relief Corps have been aiding, which bill is 
now on the calendar, and may yet pass. 

"With the consent of my council, after a thorougii examina- 
tion of tlie property near Madison, Oliio, offered to the Woman's 
Relief Corps for a National Home, I accepted the gift, on condi- 
tion that the grounds be increased to ten acres, and that the 
Seminary building be put in complete repair. 



192 UNOFFICIAL FKOCEEUIXGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

"This was agreed to l)y the generous citizens of ]Madison, 
Geneva, and the surrounding country, and the agreement has been 
kept in every particular ; the two houses stand complete irithout 
one cent of debt. 

"The citizens of Madison and Geneva have given with lavish 
generosity, and toiled with unselfish zeal to fit up this Home for 
our use, and it is a magnificent present from a patriotic whole- 
souled community to the Woman's Relief Corps for a sacred 
purpose. The property was legally transferred to the Woman's 
Relief Corps on the 17th of July, 1890. 

' ' I had the honor of visiting seventeen Department Conven- 
tions, and had the privilege of presenting our work in the business 
meeting of ever}' P^ncampment but one. I Avas accorded a most 
enthusiastic hearing, and our plans and work received the most 
hearty and emphatic endorsement. 

"No National President has ever had a more competent and 
willing-hearted corps of oflicers and aids than have served with 
me this year. I desire to thank all for their able work, and all 
members of the Order, who have, without exception, treated me 
with tender regard and unfailing kindness. 

'And only ask for gracious words, 
Servant of all, well-done.'" 

Just previous to the adjournment of the morning session, 
Past Commander-in-Chief Paul Van Der Voort of Nebraska was 
ushered to the platform and was introduced as the one above all 
others who had been instrumental in the organization and success 
of the Woman's Relief Corps. He made a pleasing address in 
response. 

REPORT OF THE NATIONAL SECRETARY. 

The report of the National Secretaiy stated that for the year 
ending June 30th, 1889, there was a total of twenty-six Depart- 
ments, two Provisional Departments and twenty-seven detached 
Corps; a total of 1,937 Corps, with a membership of 73,055. 
There was an increase during the year 1890 of eight3'-five Corps 
and 4,724 members, making a net total for the year ending June 
30th of 2,022 Corps and 77,779 members. No supplementary 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 193 

reports were received aucl there was, iu eousequenee, a large loss 
both in the Corps and the membership, 238 Corps failing to report, 
causing a loss of T),!)?;") delinquent reports. The Department of 
Texas was organized March a, and the Department of North 
Dakota, April 23. Charters were issued to four detached Corps, 
two in the District of Columbia, and two in Virginia. 
The financial statistics were as follows: — 



General fund on hand ...... .$85,407 ;>4 

Relief fnnd on hand 5D.4r>3 20 

Total !$ 144.870 .54 

.Vniount expended in relief dnvini;- the year . 8(52. 221) 12 

Amount turned over to Posts dnrinu' the year . 2C>,0C>i> 54 

Total 888,291 fiO 

Amount expended by National Tension and Kelief 

Committee ......... 3,755 50 

Amount expended at National IIead((uarters ... 22 95 

Amount expended Wells fnnd 959 78 



Total amount expended in relief ..... 8''''n029 89 

KF.roiiT OK Tin; national tri;asi kkk. 

AniiilJit A. Cheney, National Treasurer, in nrcount vnth 

Woman's Relief Corps, Dr. 

Cash on hand as per last report, general fund . . . $10,fi04 53 

Received for per capita tax during the year . 5,588 85 

Received from sale of supplies during the year . . . 18,54(! 29 
Received from Mrs. Charity Rusk-Craig, balance cash on 

hand at National Headquarters 10s 10 

Received for interest on deposits at New England National 

r.ank. Boton 12 53 

Received for interest on tleposits at Mechanic Bank, Detroit, 210 95 

Total receipts $35,071 25 

By expenditures $22,399 9G 

Bj' one-half per capita tax (85,588.85) for year ending June 

30th. 1890. transferred to pension and relief fund . 2,794 42 

$25,194 38 
13 



194 UNOFFICIAL PROCKEDINGS TWKNTY-FOURTH 

Balance general fnnd to new account ..... 
Balance pension and relief fund ...... 

Balance liead(iuarters relief fund 

r>ulance liead(|uarters incidental fund ..... 

Balance memorial buildiuii- fund ...... 

Balance Jennie Wells fund ....... 

Total cash in all funds. June 30tlK 1S90 .... 



S0,S76 


87 


31G 


30 


22 


95 


153 


39 


1,913 


91 


959 


7iS 


$13,243 20 



aftp:rno()n sp:ssion, 



The reports of National Inspector Mrs. Clara E. Nichols, 
submitted at the afternoon session, showed that the varions state 
Departments were in a Honrishing condition. 

The report of Mrs. A. C. Plummer for the National Institutino- 
and Installing otiicer was instrtictive and enconraging. 

jNIrs. jNI. E. Knowles, Department President of INIassachu- 
setts, announced that a message had been received from the 
National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, that 
Colonel ^"eazey had been elected Commander-in-Chief. 

This announcement was received with enthusiastic applause. 

Mrs. INIaggie p]. Ilutchings, President of Needham Corps of 
LaAvrence, Mass., presented two beautiful bouquets, one to the 
National President, Mrs. AVittenmyer, and one to Mrs. Knowles, 
President of the Department of Massachusetts. 

INIiss Clara Barton received an ovation. She referred to 
meeting veterans whose limbs she saved during the war, and 
expressed her deep interest in the work of this Order. 

An official delegation from the National Encampment was 
escorted to the platform, consisting of Hon. John C. Linnehan, 
New Hampshire; Colonel CJeorge W. Hooker, Vermont; General 
Smedberg, California; Comrades Cole and Young of Missouri. 

The chairman stated that they came by vote of the National 
Encampment, and to extend fraternal greetings to the Woman's 
Kelief Corps. He referred to their good work of the past seven 
years, and said the Woman's Kelief Corps had the good wishes of 
a great majority of the conn-ades. 




MARY SEARS MCHENRY, 

NATIONAL PRESIDENT-ELECT W. R. C, 1391. 



NATIONAL KNCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 195 

The otlier inoniltcrs of the roimiiitteo gave their hearty 
iiuh)rseineiit of thi' uood work of tlie aiixiluiry Corps. 

Tlie National I'l'esideiit stated that 8.") 7.'.. Odd had lieeii ex- 
]U'iided I)}- the national oi-<ianization of the past seven years, and 
that a fund of ^KKi.ooo ri'inainod in the relief funds of the Corps. 

The National Kncanipnient havinji' voted to meet next year 
in Detroit, Mich., ^Irs. Fla<i;i>'. Department President of that state; 
IMrs. Hampton of Detroit. Past National President ; iNIrs. IMnminer 
of Lansing, National Institutinu' and Installing odieer. and Mrs. 
Sterling of JNIichigan, extended eoidial invitations to the National 
Convention, assuring them of their heartiest reception. 

A committee Avas appointed to return the greetings of the 
(ii-and Army, viz. : ]\Irs. Mary K. Kiiowles, ^Massachusetts ; Mrs. 
Cora Day Young. Ohio; ^Nlrs. Knnna P.. ^Manchester, Nebraska; 
jMrs. Nancv AA'. ]Moore, New Hampshire; Elizalieth D'A. Kiiine. 
California. 

The convention adiourned at six o'clock. 



SI^CONl) DAY'S WOPK. 

The second day's proceedings opened with the consideration 
of reports of committees. The work of the National Seci'etary 
and Treasurer was commended hy the connnittee having the work 
in charge. 

'I'he organization known as the Union Prisoners of War 
National ^Memorial Association was heartily endorsed, following 
Avhich came the election of otiicers. This was the result: — 

President, ]Mrs. ]Marv S. 31cllenry of Dennison, Iowa ; Senior 
AHce-President, IMrs. Lizaheth A. Turner of Poston, Mass. ; .lunior 
A'ice-President, ]Mrs. Bessie K. Young of Missouri; Treasurer, 
jMrs. Armilla A. Cheney of Detroit, IMich. ; Chaplain, IMrs. Kniily 
V. Littletield of Bangor, Maine. 

A board of directors for the Woman's Relief Corps National 
Home was elected, as follows : Mrs. Annie Wittenmyer of Penn- 
svlvania, for live years ; Mrs. I'luma L. Cowles of Ohio, tV>r four 



196 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TAVEXTY- FOURTH 

years; ]\Irs. Emma B. Lowd of Massachu.si'tt.s, for three years ; 
Mrs. Sarali C. Mink of New York, for two years; ^Irs. M. B. 
Moulton of New Hampshire, for one year. 

The following Avere elected as the National Executive board: 
Mrs. Harriet S. Durfee of Eockville. Conn. ; ^.Irs. Emma K. 
McCammon of Carthage, Ohio ; Mrs. America Anderson of 
Denver, Colorado; Mrs. Mary E. Wright of Baltimore, Md. ; 
Mrs. Melissa Caylor of Evansville, Ind. 

At the close of the convention, resolutions of thanks were 
extended to the state of Massachusetts, the city of Boston, and 
the several committees for the entertainments provided the organ- 
ization, also to the Department of Massachusetts AVoman's Relief 
Corps, the press and others, for courtesies. A resolution of 
thanks was also voted to the generous people of Madison and 
Geneva, Ohio, for the gift of the site of the National Woman's 
Relief Corps Home in that state. 

The convention then adjourned to meet in Detroit in I'SHl. 




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THE GRAND CAMP-FIRE. 



THE second great event which took phice in ^Mechanics Hall 
was the grand camp-fire held Wednesday evening, August i;3. 
The spacious edifice was crowded with veterans and ladies, expect- 
ant, enthusiastic, and ready to extend an ovation to those who 
weR' 1o address tht'in. Invitations were extended to tlie National 
Encampment, (irand Army of the Republic, and the National 
Convention Woman's Ki'lief Corps. Patriotic nmsic was rendered 
by the Salem Cadet Band throughout the evening. 

AVhen Commander George H. Innis of the Departnu'ut of 
Massachusetts called for order, soon after eight o'clock, there was 
every prospect that the camp-fire w'ould be an unusually interest- 
ing one. Around Mr. Innis sat a large number of ladies and 
gentlemen of proniinence. Among them were the governor 
of Massachusetts, John Q. A. Brackett, Mayor Hart, Lieutenant- 
Governor Ilaile, Honorable II. H. Sprague, Honorable W. E. 
Barrett, Adjutant-General Dalton, and many other distinguished 
men. 

After a few brief introductory remarks by President Innis, 
Governor Brackett was introduced and spoke as follows : — 

i;kmarks of goveknok brackett. 

"J/r. Coiiiiiiuitdcr, SolrUers and Gentlemen: Where else can a 
Grand Army camp-fire be more fittingly kindled than on the soil 
of Massachusetts. And when it is ignited and kept alive by the 
efforts, not onl}' of her own soldier sons, but of their conn-ades 
from all over this land of ours, the Connnonwealth would be 
derelict in her duty did she not send her Chief Magistrate here to 
represent her and to join with you in the service, although he may 
be able to contribute but a single fagot to the blaze or to do no 
more than to faiiitlv fan the tlame. Massachusetts has alwavs 



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endeavored to do her duty to her soldiers. She takes a just pride 
in the record they made in the terrible ordeal of war, of which the 
current week brings to our mind so many vivid reminders. Emu- 
lating the example of their ancestors, who were the earliest to take 
the field in the Revolutionary contest, they were the first to respond 
to Lincoln for troops. And among them were the first whose 
lives were olYered up in sacrifice for their country's cause. Not 
only at the beginning, but all through the four years that ensued, 
the State was represented valiantly upon every battlefield of the 
great conflict. As Governor AndrcAV once said, ' There has 
been no loyal army the sliout of whose victory has not drowned 
the dying sigh of a son of Massachusetts. There has been no 
victory gained which her blood has not helped to win.' 

"These allusions are made in no vaunting spirit. They are 
not made to exalt one state at the expense of others. No state 
can monopolize the glory won by its sons. It is a part of the 
history, not of the state only, but of the Republic. Its radiance 
illumines no one section alone, but the whole country. It is a 
glory achieved by men who were not simply residents of the state, 
but who were American citizens, and in it all American citizens as 
countrymen have a right to share. The people of Massachusetts 
cherish the memorials of their defenders. You will find them 
scattered all over the Commonwealth — ^ in the soldier's Monu- 
ment, upon the village green, in the memorial hall, in the treas- 
lu'ed mementos of the loved and lost in every home upon which 
the war cast its shadow and brought its bereavement. You will 
find them at the State House in the torn and tattered battle-flags, 
mutilated by shot and stained by blood, 1)ut never disfigured by 
dishonor. 

"In accepting these, twenty-five years ago, our great War 
Governor said : ' They will be preserved and cherished, amid all 
the vicissitudes of the future, as mementos of brave men :ind 
noble actions.' That promise has been faithfully kept for a 
quarter of a century, as it will he kept through all the centuries 
that are to come. I have been gratified at seeing so many of our 
visitors at the State House today viewing these and thi' other 
trophies of the glorious past which are there preserved. I hope 
all of you are enjoying your visit here as much as we are enjoying 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 11)9 

y<->iir i)ivst'nee with us. I trust tluit you all fome lieii' witli a 
good opinion of this dear old Coninionwfaltli of ours, and that yon 
will return to your homes with a hiuher opinion still and with a' 
Avanner affection for her and for all the sister states which unite 
to form our connnon country." 

^Ir. Innis then called upon ^Ir. Charles 0. Fellows, of the snb- 
connnittee on camp-tire, to take charge of the proceedings, who 
ainiounced a selection l)y the .Mendelssohn Glee Club as next on 
the progranune, after which. Miss Jeiniie O'Neil Potter, dressed 
as a vivandiere, read '• Slieridan's Ride." The Salem Cadet liand 
gave "A I);iy in Camp," portraying the life of a soldier from 
reveille in the morning to taps at night, bnt was interrupted l)y 
the entrance of General Sherman nnder escort of Connnander 
George L. Goodale, ^Nlr. Iloyt Sherman and Past Connnander- 
in-Chief William Warner, (ieneral Sherman was cheered very 
heartily. Then the '-Day in Camp" was continued. As it closed, 
Connnander-in-Chief Alger ascended the steps to the platform 
accompanied by General B. F. Butler, Congressman McKinley, 
Congressman Boutelle. Police Connnissioner Osborne and a num- 
ber of ladies. After the ap[)lause had subsided Mayor Hart was 
[ji'esented. Tlie mayor said : — 

UEMAKKS OK MAYOR IIAKT. 

'' ^^l■. C(>inin(iiidf'j\ Ladies dud Genfleinen : A line has been 
recited here tonight which says, ' I'nder a Union Sky.' AVe are 
under a Union sky and we know it in fact. And why? Because 
you men went to the front antl you made it a Union sky. I begin 
to believe it more and more, for today I had the pleasure of intro- 
ducing a mayor of Galveston, Tex., to an audience like this, 
and I asked the audience to give him three rousing cheers because 
he had come a long way to Boston to see what he could do here 
at the North and the cheers were enough to lift the roof. \\e 
' live under that Union sky because of your efforts and the efforts 
of our friends here. General Sherman, General Butler and all the 
other good ones. We have a Cnion flag and we have forty-four 
stars on that flag, soon to be, and no star shall ever be obliterated 
as long as you and I shall live, as long as you and I can do any- 
thing to save it. 



200 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENXy-FOURTH 

"Now, gentlemen, I did not come here to expect to speak 
for the city of Boston. AVe have asked you to come here. We 
have done what we could for you. Are 3'ou satisfied? (Shouts 
of 'Yes.') Is there anything else that you want Boston to do ? 
If we have done all that you ask us to do, then just give thi'ee 
rousing cheers for General Sherman." 

The cheers Avere given in true soldier fashion. Mrs. Ellen 
Carter Wright sang the "Star Spangled Banner," and then, amid 
prolonged applause, General Alger was presented by President 
Fellows. 

REMARKS OF GENERAL ALGER. 

''J//-. Chairman: If any one in this vast audience will tell 
me what I am going to do with this now it has been presented to 
me, I will be much obliged. When we came to Boston, comrades, 
we were promised everything, but we did not expect Boston would 
turn out en masse to deliver the goods. And I suppose it is the 
thing for me to do, particularly as the Commander-in-Chief of 
the Grand Army, to formally accept from Boston tonight the title 
and to thank them for it. jSTow to you, people of Boston, who 
have promised so much and have given us more than you con- 
tracted to, in the name of the Grand Army of the Republic, in 
the name of the comrades who have come here, I thank you most 
sincerely. We have had a welcome here in Boston such as we 
never dreamed of. We have seen here poured out for us hospi- 
tality in unstinted quantities. Everybody has been subject to 
our orders. Every person has been asking, 'What more can we 
do for you ? ' and I have simply told them today that we are all 
full, and that Ave can't take any more. 

"General Sherman sits here tonight as complacently as if he 
did not know that he was subject to my orders. The time was 
when he had his Avaj^ He then wore four stars and I didn't have 
any. Tonight I am in command and I do not propose to do the 
work of my subordinate, great as he thinks he is, large as he 
appears, much as we love him. Take the others here. Here is 
General Butler, who used to issue his orders. Along down the 
line are fellows Avho used to look at my captain's stripes and think 
they did not amount to much, but I give them notice tonight that 
I will call them all out, and we will have every one talk. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 201 

" Coinradi'S iiiid c-itizciis of Mitissnehusctts. no words of iiiiue 
can adequately express the f\H'liu<2;s of i>ratitude. the tlirol)bings 
of love that we have for this oreat C'onimoiiwealth. >\'i' love you 
not because you are taking care of us so. We love you because 
of all other states in this great Nation of ours you are doiug more 
for the defenders of the tiag today, and have been doing more for 
the last twenty-five years, than any other dozen states taken 
together. AW' have watched your record, and we know what you 
are doiug. We kuow that you appreciate the services and the 
sacrifices made by your people whom you sent to the war. You 
have stood l)y them royally. You have poured out your money 
to them in unstinted quantities. You are the richer today for it, 
and the men who saved this Commonwealth and this country have 
the more gratitude to you foi- what you have done. I Avant to 
say to you, people of Massachusetts, that if other states would 
enmlate your example, — if other states would do what you 
have done, — tliose great states Avould sleep better, would be 
richer, would have more patriotic spirit in their hearts, more 
warm, patriotic blood in their veins than the\' have now. 
Thej' are doing nuich for our old comradi's ; they are going to do 
more, and we assure you that we appreciate all that is done in our 
behalf. 

'• C'onn-ades. when we leave this magnificent entertainment so 
amply provided for us, let us go to our homes more and more 
grateful that we served in the Union in the time of its danger, 
prouder than evi'r that we can wear the Grand Army Itadge. And 
let us say forever, that live as we may, in povi'rt}' or in aflfluence, 
we will hand down to our children, as I said last night here, I 
think, a heritage tliat no other generation can give to their children, 
of a membersiiip of the Grand Army of the Repul)lic, a button 
that cannot be purchased with money, a button that is beyond 
price, an association that is better than everything on earth, and 
the rival, I think, of Heaven itself." 

General Sherman was then introduced and received a thun- 
dering ovation. He spoke as follows : — 

KEMAKKS OF (iENEKAL SHERMAN. 

"I have been to a great many camp-fires in my da}', but I 
must confess that tonight I am disappointed because I expected 



202 UNOFFICIAL I'KOCEEDIXGS TWEXTY-FOrKTH 

to tiiid a tahk' with a tin cup and some coffee in it, and a pot of 
beaus at all events, in ^Massachusetts, to make a camp-fire out of. 
But I see nothing but hnman l)einos here, and I am not going to 
eat you np, so don't l)e afraid. The fact is, I have been reading 
the newspapers for the last two or three years, and I had become 
alarmed lest NeAv England was being effaced from the earth, that 
there was no longer any people here. I heard that the people of 
Arizona wanted to buy a part of ^'ermont to put their patches on, 
and I thought there was not a single Puritan or Pilgrim in exist- 
ence save those two magnificent steamers which run from Fall 
River to New York. But I guess there are a good many Puritans 
and Pilgrims ; and I have l)een amazed at their numbers, their 
intelligence, their comfort, their surplus with which they are feed- 
ing us, I suppose, for the purpose of deyouring us at the proper 
time. 

"■But, my friends, it certainly is a pleasure to us old army 
friends to come face to face with the people. We love to meet 
yon becaiise we were aware in years gone by, that we could feel 
the influence of a powder behind us stronger than ourselves. We 
were merely the advance guard of the great purpose which domi- 
nated this continent. You were the power behind the throne, 
stronger than the throne itself. We realized it then ; we realize 
it now, and we submit, as I do tonight, for I am a high private 
of this grand organization, and a judge, I am told, is my Com- 
mander-in-Chief. Now there was a time when in soldier life we 
did not count a judge much account, but I will give that judge as 
much loyal fidelity, I will fight for him, and guard him, and sustain 
him in houor and affluence as much as if I had never been 
Commander-in-Chief of a great army in the field, leading it even 
from Atlanta to the sea. Our friend Alger, he is no longer." 

General Alger walked up to the (Tcneral at this and said, 
laughingly: "I want you U) understand that 1 am in command 
yet." (Great laughter.) 

General Sherman : — 

" Well, it's got to be pretty quick because I don't expect to 
obey your orders long, but to Judge Veazey I shall certainh' give 
my most unqualified and loyal support, as I will to all the author- 
ities. And, my friends of Massachusetts, I Avill tell you it is not 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. U. 203 

till' mail, il is tlie fact that we liavc in this hiiid of lilnTty a priu- 
cipU' -which is onr kiii<i'. Itc he whom he may, as FrcsiiU'iit, as 
C'ommaiKU'r-iu-Chief of the armies, the navies, jiovernors of yonr. 
states, speakers of yonr le*>islatnres. everythinu', we have :i prin- 
cipk^ whicli is onr kin<i-. oiuMiod. which every man, every oood 
eitizeu shonkl oliey, not because it is this man or another man, 
but because it is rioht. We must stand by tlie constituted 
authorities of tlie kind. \\\' must l)e lii'in in our footsteps or else 
these mistrustful men will throw us off our liakince and we may 
be at ease auain. 

" But now k)ok ak)ft, my yonnii' friends, and my old frii'uds, 
too, and see yonder Stars and Stripes. If Keyes should have 
become so enthused that he composed the sono- that you have just 
heard liy that sweet lady voice toniuht, seventy-live vears ago, 
how much moi'e shonkl you in k)okinsj' up and seeinu' yonder flaji', 
the ' Star Spangled Banner,' waving above your heads tonight. 
Look at it my friends and feel how your heait thrills when you 
see that • Star Spangled Banner,' still the same, not n star 
defaced, Imt added to, added to until we have forty-four stars 
now. I think that evei-y one of you, whether you be from INIas- 
sachusetts or from Oregon, will be the more tiue and faithful to 
the cause which we fought for twenty-five years ago and the cause 
which today is dormant in this land. Fidelity to trust, loyalty, 
and above all, charity. ]May you possess these three great func- 
tions of the Grand Army of the Repul)lic in their utmost degree 
and carry them and distribute them all over the eai'th's surface, 
and we will have, as Burns once sung, ' Brothers all.' " 

A war song was given by the Glee Club, the old soldiers 
joining in the chorus at General Alger's suggestion, 'riieii amid 
prolonged applause and cheers General Butler was presented. 
He said : — 

i;i:mai;ks of (;kxki;ai. luri.Ki;. 

"C'o////v/r/r,s. I think that you have had (piite enough of praise, 
of gratitude and expressions of your gratitude to tlie city of 
Boston. I am one of the ungrati'ful ones and I don't believe — 
and I am going to speak to yon on that topic — that anyliody ever 
has, or any1)ody ever will, pay what they justly owe us for our 



204 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

services. Boston and Massachusetts, try as well as they cau, 
aud perhaps they paid their share of the debt, but this country owes 
to us, and of that I shall speak. I hear that we are banded to- 
gether. Well, we are. AVe are the old organization of 1861 that 
came together to save the country and we have never disbanded 
from that organization. And we have never made a new one, and 
we have directed, not well, because all men at first do not do things 
exactly as the}' ought to do, but we have directed our efforts in 
favor of our disabled and dependent brothers, their wives and 
their children, aud we have put our hand in our pockets and dis- 
bursed liberally, very liberally, to men more liberal, to keep them 
from want and the poorhouse, just as liberally as we put our 
hands in our pockets during the war to pay the war tax, whatever 
was paid, as fast as we got it. 

" Now, then, that was well for our hearts, well for the good 
of those we lavished it for, well for an example for all the world 
of what the American soldier can and will do. But now we are 
organized for another purpose, for the purpose of demanding jus- 
tice of this country. I am tired of hearing about the bounty of 
the country to us. I will excuse the country for their giving the 
soldier a single dollar of bounty m the shape of pensions or other- 
wise if they will pay us what they owe us, and they took out of 
our pockets by a depreciated currency to put in the pockets of 
the bankers and the capitalists. I have nothing to say against 
the banker and the capitalist ; they made as good a bargain as 
they could. That they had a right to do and they took care to 
enforce that bargain. 

"We, many of us, the private soldiers particularly, made a 
very bad bargain pecuniaril3^ None of us ever thought about the 
pay, except the little pittance that we could send home to the wives 
and children and sweethearts we left behind, and we never went 
into the contract much for the pay, though some of the later of us, 
aye, got bounties, but the old bald heads I see before me enlisted 
before there were any bounties — enlisted because they wanted to 
serve the country and rescue her from death and destruction. 
Now that has been a bad bargain. They complain and saj', ' Oh, 
we are robbing the treasury,' Not so, not so. All we ask of 
them, of this country, is to pay our contract for our pay just the 



NATKiNAI, l£NCA:\rrMENT OF THE (1. A. 11. 205 

saiiu' and iu tlu' s;inu' iiinuiuT and \vitli the sanu' iiiti-ri'st that 
they paid tlie banker, thi' lu'okci- and the capitalist at home and 
aliioad. That will uive us enoujih so that wi' won't ask any 
liounty for any soldiiT or soldier's widow. We will take care of 
them ourselves. 

•• I have calculated this, Mr. Commander: I know what it is, 
and the amount is so oreat that it is but a drop iu the bucket 
when we talk about pensions. All this belongs to us. This is 
ours by law, of right, of justice. And here we are holding this 
country, if Ave act together, in our right hand. We can make the 
politicians dance like peas ow a hot shovel. We have the power 
but the trouble is we stick to old notions, old party names, old 
ideas. >\'e bothei' about tariffs, a very good thing to bother 
about wheu you bothei- on tlu' right side. We talk about force 
bills, a very good thing to have done Avhen they are U(>ed(Ml. We 
talk about building" all manner of things for everybody iu order 
to get rid of the surplus. Pay your debt. Pay your soldiers and 
don't go back upon them. Pay what you honestly agreed to. The 
law now remains on the statute book that we were to be paid iu 
gold. The country could not })ay us then and we did not grum- 
ble. W\' went ou fighting. We loau the countr}' still what we 
had offeri'd to loan them first, our lives and our limbs ; we kept on 
that loan, although we were paid, w*' knew, tliirty-three. forty 
and forty-five per cent, sometimes, out of the contract. 

" We recognized wheu we got through the war that the coun- 
trv was bound down, was not prosperous at first, that slie was 
poor and in debt, and we stood back aud let the banker have 
his. Evervbody is paid that is willing to take his pay. Xow we 
want our own. And let me ti'll you how I would like to see it 
given. Calculate the amount ; 1 don't expect the country to pay 
it all in one dav or one hour. It will be a great deal betti'i'that 
they do not. but pay once in tinxH' months an aliquot part of the 
share that would come to a man on a fair basis of calculation for 
his life, so that everybody shall have a support while he lives, 
however imprudent he may be. and the remainder to go over to 
his wife and children, antl that will be an iuheritance to leave 
them that we have earned, belongs to us ; aud if God ever in his 
infinite mercv strikes this countrv for sin, it will bt- because this 



206 UNOFKICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWEXTY-FOURTH 

oouiitry with overflowiiio- gold in its coffers, Avitli overflowing 
prosperity, witli tlie power to pay all its soldiers their fair share 
year by year, what it owes, refuses to do it. (Jod in Heaven 
ought to send His lightning l)olts on this earth and this vicinity 
if we do not do as we ought to do. 

'" You see I am one of the ungrateful ones. I have explained 
to you why I do not feel grateful for anything that has been done. 
I never liappened to ask a pension, because I could get along 
without it. But I have seen the poor soldier and the poor sailor 
come in rags and in sorrow and in hunger when I knew that 
the country owed him enough to support him handsomely the rest 
of his life. I know the fact, I know the law. I never heard 
anyliotly dispute the law, and it is our fault if we do not enforce 
it. We enforced the power and the glory of the country before. 
It is hard to do it. We stood and shot together. If we had sliot 
every which way, we should never have conquered tiie re1»ellion. 
If we got in all manner of quarrels which way we should shoot, 
we never should have won anything. Go home and ask your old 
gun — for you kept it no doubt, if you haven't ask your neighbor's, 
it is just as good — ' Which way did I shoot ? ' Always shot the way 
that you thought it would do the most good. I don't care about 
politics. I am past politics. I am almost as far out of them as 
is my friend, General Sherman, and that is a long way, sir. I 
have nothing to do with them, and care less about them, but I am 
Avilling to do anytJiing that I can during the remaining years, 
which are few, which are before me, to see justice done to the 
Grand Army of the Republic. And it will be done. 

"The farmers out west got a little start of this state, had 
to act together, and they frightened ever}^ politician in the United 
States Senate. Could the farmers turn out in this procession as 
you did yesterday ? No. Why don't they care for you? Because 
yon do not act together. You can control every district in this 
country if you will act together. Don't have any trouble on that 
subject. I heard one man, I thought, say, 'Oh, not in the South.' 
Y'es, in the South. I speak advisedly. The South, in order to 
gain your votes on their side, have granted you four times more 
|)i'nsions since they have had the power, without a light against 



NATIONAL KN(AMr:MENT OF THE G. A. K. 207 

tlu'iii. than lia.s tlir Kcptildicau party. Let tlu' South sec that 
you ari' tlu' coiiti-oHiuu- iiowci-. and all they want is to have tlu'ir 
liand in tlu' c-oiitroUiiiu power. 

••iM't'i'v nortlieru district you can control. Don't try to 
control it on the tarift. Ask. will you vote to pay the veterans 
of the (irand Army of the Kepuhlic what the ectuntiT owes them, 
in such amounts as the country can afford to \n\\ from time to 
time, for their support, and for the supi)ort of their wives, widows 
and children after them? Ask that. If the man give you his 
pledi>e that he will vote that, why. then, altout the minor matters 
of [)olitics, disperse as you please. ^Ve don't care anythini:- aliout 
them. 'I'hey do not affect our ])oor comrades. They do not affect 
oui' comrades" widows and ciiildien, any one of them. It is 
nothiuii' ; but this is vital, this is jnst, this is lawful, this is our 
right, and if we don't get it "we have ourselves to blame." 

Congressman McKinley of Ohio was applauded very heartily 
when President Fellows presented liim as the next s|)eaker. lie 
said : — 

1;KMA1;KS of ( ((NMiUESSMAX .aickixley. 

'•J//'. PrcsliJi^iif (lull ( 'niii raih/s of f/tc (rrainl ^Inin/. of tlic 
Jh'jiiihlir : I dislike very nmch to disagree with the distinguished 
gentleman wlio has just preceded me. General Butler, Init I am forced 
to dissent from his statement when lu' said that the ( ii'and Army of 
the Republic, many of Avhom sit before me here tonight, had been 
engaged in a bad 1)argain. It is not true. Xo more honorable 
obligation was eS'er made, no more worthy contract was ever 
entered into by human kind, than that contract you made in l.Sdl 
to save your Hag and to preserve this Union to mankind. And 
there is not a veteran here before me, there is not a veteran 
throughout the length and l)readtli of this nation, who would give 
u|) his relation to that great contract for the wealth of Boston or 
the money of the world. If there is such a one in this vast audi- 
ence, let liim speak out tonight, and speak out now. It was ti 
good bargain, for it saved to mankind, now and hereafter, the 
freest government ui)()n the face of (iod's earth. 

"General Butler cannot outdo me in desiring to the old 
soldiers of the Republic the most generous offerings from the 
nation's treasury. I have stood in my place, as (ieiieral Butler 



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has stood in his place, votiii<i' for the most liberal pensions to the 
soldiers of the Union Army, and I shall continue to do it so long 
as I am honored with a seat in the House of Representatives. 
Mr. Commander. Boston is proud tonight, Massachusetts is proud 
tonight. And well the}' may be, for they are entertaining in their 
capital city the representatives of the spirit and the purpose that 
preserved the .Vmerican flag from dishonor and brought freedom 
and equality to all mankind within the jurisdiction of the United 
States. And I say to the people of Massachusetts that my com- 
rades of the Grand Army of the Republic are proud to be within 
your great Commonwealth tonight, for we will never forget that 
to Massachusetts, to her spirit of freedom, to the spirit of old 
Faneuil Hall, we are indebted for that splendid manifestation 
from ISOl to l-sc,'), that gave freedom and free men. 

"Comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, I shall not 
detain you but a moment longer. It was my purpose not to speak 
at any of your meetings at this reunion, but I want to say that I 
am glad to be with you and one of you, for to the citizen soldier}' 
of this Republic are we indebted for the matchless victories of the 
war. We never will forget Grant, who never paused to unbuckle 
his spurs from Harper's Ferry to Appomattox Court House. Nor 
cau we ever forget our gallant guest here tonight, General Sherman. 
God bless his noble hand ; the slaves were all made free when 
touched l)y Sherman's hands. Xor, comrades, can Ave ever forget 
Sheridan, that gallant little Irishman who made Jubal Early waltz 
up and down the Shenandoah Valley. Xor can we forget Meade, 
or the matchless Hancock, who won brilliant laurels upon the 
field at Gettysburg. These names are safe. History will take 
care of them. But of that great volunteer army, the citizen sol- 
diery of this country, too much cannot be said by the present 
generation in their praise. They were the majestic power who 
stood behind the strategic commander, and whose intelligence aud 
individual earnestness, guided by his genius, made the imperish- 
able victories of the war, and while the private soldier of the war 
bore no insignia of rank upon the outside, his blue blouse bore a 
hero breast within. 

"But above all, comrades, we must uot forget the ideas for 
which we fought. "We have only, as an organization, to reinem- 



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ber that which we won hi war shall not be lost in peace. All we 
ask, all we have ever asked, is that the settlements of that Avar, 
grand settleuieuts, made between Grant and Lee at Appomattox, 
aud which were afterwards embodied in the Constitution of the 
United States, shall stand as the irretrievable judgment of history 
and the imperishable decree of a nation of freedom. 

" From the war's dread, fiery ordeal 

Xo bitter hates Ave bring', 
Xo threr.t of Avild reA-enges, 

Xo cruel taunts to fling, 
P>iit Ave uiusr ne'er prove faithless 

To the gallant blood they slied ; 
Our foes may be forgiA'en, 

But ne'er forget our dead. 
Oh, boys Avho fell at Shiloh, 

At Kichmond and Bull Run. 
The Avork your brave hands finished 

Shall never be undone. 
Sleep SAveetly through tlie ages, 

O, dear and gallant d\ist. 
The men — Ave men — Avho saw your victories 

Stand faithful to the trust.' " 

General Butler arose, Avalked to the desk and said : — 

GENEKAL BLTLEK SPEAKS AGAIN. 

"I come here, comrades, to speak a word for another class 
of soldiers. I have great praise, due praise, from the gentleman 
who last addressed 3'ou for the Aarious regular generals of the 
arm}'. He has forgottou that there was a volunteer general any- 
where, lie has got his mind so wrought up Avith West Point that 
he forgot Garfield, from his own state." (A A'oice — "And he for- 
got Butler, too.") *' Oh, that I am forgotten is of no conse- 
quence." (A A-^oice — "Hurrah for Butler." Another voice — 
"Aud John A. Logan.") " Oh, yes, John A. Logan, forget 
him. And who is asking to forget him? Who is asking to forget 
those and remember the others? The volunteer soldiers Avho are 
before me? No, regular army men, not enough to coA'er up a 
mustard pot. How comes it that all tin; big victories won by the 
volunteers are forgotten, no, not forgotten. I know' General 
Sherman freed the slaves, because he did not haA^e an^'thing to do 

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with it. He fouglit the liattles of iiis country, aud Abraham Liu- 
eohi freed the shives l)efore Sherman "ot to the sea, or started for 
tlie sea. And I detract no hiurel from Sherman's brow. I would 
not do it for my life. Again in 1<S(;2, I, myself, put arms into 
tlie hands of the colored men, and tliey fought your battles ; and 
in l.S(;4 I put arms into the hands of 2"), ()()() more. That made 
Ai)pomattox possible, but 1 claim nothing for myself. 1 don't 
claim anything. I only claim one thing for myself as a general, 
and tlitit is that 1 had no large butcher's bills of soldiers left dead 
on the field under my connnand to account for. ( A voice — 
"New Orleans.") Oh no, nobody was hurt there but the other 
side, and therefore I am a small general. 

'• A\'hat have I said? Have I asked you to forget your con- 
tract? You made no contract to save the Union. You made a 
contract to do your duty. The contract I was referring to was a 
contract for the pay, and it was a skillful dodge on the part of 
the gentleman who answered me to put it in that wa}'. He says 
that he has been generous. 1 know he has. He has been liberal 
in his votes. I know he has. That is what 1 complain of. I 
don't know any generosity. I don't want any liberality for the 
soldier, but I want sunple justice, that we shall be paid for what 
is owed to us. I don't want to depend upon any man's good 
nature. That is all I ask. I have not accused Congress of any- 
thing l)ut not attempting to do justice, and I asked 3'ou simply to 
remember your rights, and the}' will come by aud I13'. My polit- 
ical drafts are always honored j^ears after I draw them." 

THE OTHEU SPEAKERS. 

George E. Brooks of Califoruia read an original poem, 
entitled " Sherman's March." 

The chairman then presented Major William Warner of 
Kansas, Past Commander-in-Chief, who said, among other things, 
"We have heard a good deal tliis evening, and I trust that we 
shall hear more of what this general did, and what the other gen- 
eral did. Conn'ades, we are here tonight as one body of citizens. 
We are here representing the great lauk and file of the men who 
placed the stars upon the military genius of the age, AVilliam 
Tecumseh Sherman. AVe are here as the men who carried 



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the inuskpts. we :irc Iutc :is the men who slept on the frozen 
iiroiiiid. we :ire here :is the men who fed on salt i)ork and 
liard taek. Wv are here as the men whom some tell us that a 
grateful (Joverunieut has more than compensated for the 
services that we rendei-ed. for all the hardships that we en- 
dured, for all the wounds that we received. Tliey make such 
debtors of the stay-at-homes. They compare the rations that you 
received — and. conu'ades. you know that the rations were always 
in a movable condition — with the rations paid to the soldiers of 
other coiuitries and testitieil that your pay was pinncelv. that your 
fare was sumptuous; yet strong as it may api^eai-. the riuoi's of a 
Canadian climate had moi'e attractions for those i)eople than the 
princely pay of a soldier or the bounteous table. They preferred 
to let the others do the ]iiihtin<i'. Comrades, how well tiie boys of 
'()l-'(;."i discharti'ed the duty of citizen soldiers of the Republic let 
evi'ry battle-field of the Heliellion from P'ort Donelson to Ai>i)0- 
mattox answer." 

The speaker in concludinu' warmly applauded the pension 
bill signed on the 27th of June, and disclaimed the imputation that 
the (irand Army of the Republic men were sources of (huiger to 
the (iovernment as pension seekers. 

General Daniel K. Sickles was the next s[)eaker, and his 
address lirought the s})eech making to an end. He sjjoke in 
strong advocacy of lil)eral pensions and concluded b}' paying an 
eloquent tribute to the AVoman's Relief Corps. Singing by the 
Gilee Club closed the exercises. 




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BANQUET TO ENCAMPMENT DELEGATES. 

OX Thursday evening 1,')00 Grand Army veterans assenililed 
in Mechanics Hall to partake of a bountiful banquet. 

Department Commander luuis, in cliaroe of the management, 
was ably assisted in the preparations by the sub-committee on 
arrangement, Captain J. G. B. Adams and Representative 
Joseph Maccabe. Every seat was numbered to correspond to 
the coupons distributed. 

It was nearly nine o'clock when Governor Brackett and staff, 
and members of the state legislature, took their seats on the 
platform. The only sight that met their view on the floor of the 
hall was the long rows of white tables, tastefulh" decorated for 
the occasion. But the balconies were crowded with Grand Army 
men who, at a given command, marched down stairs and took 
the places reserved for them. Arrangements were made so that 
each state delegation sat together, a plan which was greatly 
appreciated, as it enabled the delegates to be seated among their 
personal friends and acquaintances. 

The decorations were beautiful, a principal feature l)eiug an 
elaborate American eagle, crossed flags, clasped human hands 
and an appropriate inscription, composed of red, white and 
purple asters, helianthus, native ferns and smilax. The form 
contained 2,000 asters, and in its construction fifteen men were 
employed for fifteen hours. Each guest found beside his plate an 
elegant souvenir menu, with a life-like portrait of General Alger. 

At the guests' table were seated Department Commander 
Inuis, General Sherman, General Fairchild, Past Commanders-in- 
Chief Devens and Warner, Hon. Warner Miller, Governor Brackett, 
Mayor Hart, Hon. John D. Long, Hon. Henry H. Sprague, 
Hon. AV. K. Barrett, and others, Connaander-in-Chief Yeazey 
and Past Commander-in-Chief Alger came upon the platform 
during the banquet and each was warmly welcomed. 

An hour was passed in discussing the elaborate menu, at 
the conclusion of which Commander Innis spoke as follows : — 



NATIONAL EXCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 21.) 

ADDRESS OF COMMANDEK INMS. 

" CoiiinKlrs (if fill' Xdtiiiinil Eiica/npiiK'iit : On lu'lmll" of the 
l)rp;\rtinciit of Massachusetts T extend to you a soldier's wi'leonie. 
And in doinu' so I wish also to thank you. and throu<ih you the 
connndes of the several departments, for tlie honor bestowed 
upon the Department of Massachusetts in allowinii' us to auain 
touch elViow with ell)ow upon the YnlQ of march. I wish to thank 
you aji'ain on behalf of the Department of Massachusetts for 
o-iving my comrades of this department a chance 1o pay the 
tril)ute of the lovinti" respect they hold towards tlieir old conn'ade 
in arms. General AVilliam 'I\'cumseh Sherman. ]\Iany of us fol- 
lowed him from '(U to "('..'). and in the year ISHO mc all passed 
under his review through the streets of the city of Boston. And 
uow, without further remarks from me. I wish to introduce to you 
as the mastt'r of ceremonies of the evening' a couu'ade of ours, 
a private of the o.Sth Massachusetts Eegiment, who for the past 
twenty-seven years has carried in his side a Imllet wliich he 
received during the war of the Rebellion. 1 have the l)onor of 
introducing to you Colonel Charles H. Taylor." 

REMAKKS OF rMr.<»NEL CHARLES H. TAVLoR. 

" Coinra(U^ : The iioui- is late and I do not propose to try to 
make a speech, and every gentleman who speaks to you will. I 
know, be short in his remarks, because he will have to stand a ter- 
rible ordeal, and the word has gone long the line, in the phrase of 
General Dix. that any man who tears down the iMiglish language 
for more than ten minutes Avill l»e shot on the spot. Now this 
banquet is given to the delegates by the citizens of Boston and 
of Massachusetts, and it is proper that the representatives of that 
power should welcome you, and I request that Major Geo. S. 
Merrill, of Lawrence, :t past commander of the Grand Arinj^, 
exteud that welcome in behalf of the citizens." 

ADDRESS OF MAJOR GEORGE S. MERRU.L. 

" Jl//-. President: I am only here for a In'ief moment as a 
substitute, and if there was any man during the war whom the 
honest, earnest veterans did not like it was a substitute. Ex- 
Governor Long, the president of the executive committee, wlio 



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was expi'fled to extend to you on behalf of the citizens of this 
great Commonwealth its welcome here to Boston, has unexpectedh' 
been called away. I am not iioinu', with tiiis galaxy of distin- 
guished orators here behind me, to weary you other than to say 
that the citizens of this imperial Commonwealth have never 
welcomed to her borders more cordially, more enthusiastically, 
more heartily any body of men than they welcome this week, and 
here tonight, the Grand Army of the Repuljlic. If it has given 
you, my conu-ades, one half the pleasure to be here it has given 
us to entertain you, we shall be glad, and we shall remember this 
occasion of your visit with fondness and joy through all the 
years to come." 

Colonel Taylor : — 

'•'Now, comrades, I am going to call upou your uew Com- 
mander-in-Cliii'f to speak to you in reply to Major Merrill. You 
have elected a son of New England as the Commander-in-Chief 
for the ensuing year, and from what I know of him you have 
elected a man who will try to discharge the duties of the office 
in a manner which will be satisfactory to the order throughout the 
United States. He will stand in line with the men who have 
preceded him and endeavor to do his whole duty." 

Three hearty cheers were called for and given the uew Com- 
mander-in-Chief, after which he advanced to the edge of the 
stage and spoke as follows : — 

ADDRESS OF COMMANDER VEAZEY. 

'■'■ Coinrades of the Grand Arnoi of the Bejiahh'c : The first 
command that I have to make as Commander-in-Chief of this 
great organization is that you keep order tonight. The presiding 
officer lici'e has told you, in substance, that Boston has been too 
umch for me. Ever since Monday morning I have been attempt- 
ing to make myself heard to audiences of ten thousand soldiers 
and more until my voice is absolutely goue. 

■■1 thank you, first, comrades, for the cordial greeting, not 
to me, but to the great office to which you have elected me. This 
is as it should be. It is in accordance with the laws and regula- 
tions of the Grand Army of the Republic. In our orgauizatiou 
all men are equal. The untitled private in the ranks is with us 



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the equal of the greate:?t soldier in tlie world, who i?; your uuest 
tonight, the former geueral. Sherman, who lead you. I am glad, 
comi'ades. that we have an organization which bases the merit of 
its service, not on the rank it occupies in the army, but accord- 
ing to the spirit which impelUnl him to enter the army to fight the 
battles of the Republic and preserve this Union for the sake of 
liberty throughout the world. I once read somewhere that the 
great Napoleon said that the time would come when a cannon 
would not be allowed to be tired iu all the world without the 
consent of the United States of America. AVhen I witnessed that 
great procession the day before yesterday, and when I saw this 
man, the greatest soldier of the world, standing upon the platform 
to review you as you passed by. I thought that the time had 
certainly nearly come. 

••Comrades, allusion has been made by the presiding officer 
who introduced me. to the effort that Boston has made to make 
your visit here one of the greatest pleasure. I told you who were 
at Milwaukee a year ago, that entertaining was an art. and that 
no city in the world understood that art as the city of Boston, anil 
tliat if vou should come here you would meet with a reception and 
receive an ovation such as no men in the world ever received 
anvwhere else. Now if there is anybody who says that I was 
a falsi" prophet, let him appear and show it now or forever after 
be silent. You have 1»een here for half a week. You are not 
half through with what Boston is going to do for you. and I am 
sure vou Avill feel at the end of the week that there is no place on 
earth where so much could be done for any organization as Boston 
has undertaken to do for you. 

'•But next year, in a year from now, comrades, you have 
voted to go to Detroit, and I feel,",of course, the greatest possilile 
interest that vou and the thousands and thousands of others shall 
be there, and that you and all the familiar faces that I have seen 
in this Encampment may be especially there, and I want to say 
to vou that which you know, that if Detroit, as a city, is anywhere 
behind Boston, as a city, in entertaining the Grand Army of the 
Republic, it will be nuule up ten-fold by the fact that my prede- 
cessor. Past Commander-in-Chief Alger, lives there, and he will 
make it all up. Now. eonu'ades. you are notified that no man 



216 UNOFFKTAI. PKorEKDINGS TWKXTV-FOURTH 

Avould 1k' ;ill(>\vi'(l to spL'uk iiioiv lluiii iWc iiiinutt'S. I thank vou 
most liciirtily foi' the cordial reception thnt you have given me, 
niid the coi'dinl innmicr in wliich you ivccived all of these honored 
guests who are present, and who are called upon to entertain von 
by their words. Thanking j'ou again, 1 will hid you all good 
night." 

Colonel 'i':iylor : — 

"Now, comrades, you Imvc iienrd a great deal, you have said 
a good deal about what ^Massachusetts has done for you this week. 
You have said a good deal about and have appreciated what Massa- 
chusetts has done for you in the past few daj^s, and I want to present 
to you the governor of the state, John Q. A. Brackett, who 
litis dont' his utmost to make this occasion a great success. I 
know you will be glad to hear him and to listen to all he has to 
say. Governor Brackett of Massachusetts." 

Governor Brackett spoke as follows : — 

ADDRESS OK GOVERXOR BRACKETT. 

'■'■ Mr. Commander, Jlr. Toastmaster and Veterans: 1 nm 
pleased to be again one of the guests of the Grand Army of the 
Republic, and to have an opportunity of signifying by ni}' pres- 
ence the interest of the Commonwealth in the exercises of the 
evening. One of your comrades said to me a few minutes ago ou 
the platform, ' This is . the biggest week w^ e have ever had in 
Boston.' I agree to that statement. It certainly has been the 
biggest week to me in my life. To have had the experiences I 
have had ; to have stood as I stood on the platform Tuesday, 
between the President of the United States and General Sherman, 
and in that position to have witnessed this magnificent parade of 
yours ; to have sat, as I have sat this evening, with General 
Sherman on my right hand and the newly elected commander of 
the Grand Ami}- of the Republic upon my left hand, and to have 
enjoyed all the other things which this week has brought to me, 
have comliined to constitute an honor, or rather a series of honors, 
which rarely fall to the lot of any governor of Massachusetts. 
This week may, perhaps, be called, like that Boston charity which 
aims to give to the poor of the city a few days' enjojnnent of 
country scenery and country air in the summer, although in a differ- 



NATIOXAL ENCAJIPMENT OK THE G. A. R. 217 

ent sense, our ' eoniitiy week.' The iiitluenee of wli;it liiis been 
tiikiiiii' phice liere in Boston sinci' Monday, of the words spoken at 
l)anquets and eanip-Hres and reunions, of the siuhts and sounds 
in our streets, of the pi'eseiiee of myriads of veterans whose 
inareiiino; has reinindecl us of the d;iys when they inarched throu^li 
our city on the Avay to the l)attlelield, or of those happier days 
wlien the survivors were welcomed back after the victory was 
o'ained. or of the martial music and the enthusiastic clieers, of the 
wavin<>' l)anners and the decorations upon ])ublic l)uiidinus and 
private al)odes and places of business, and of ail thi' othi-r dis- 
tinctive features of this occasion, lias made an impn'ssion which 
cannot fail to be lasting upon all who have taken part in or iiave 
witnessed them, and whicli cannot fail to turn their minds for 
the time l)eini>' from tlieir ordinarv vocations and ambitions, to 
surround them with an atmosphere of patriotism, and to give tlieir 
country, its glories in the past, its needs in the present, and its 
hopes for the future, a strongi-r iiold upon their minds and hearts. 
'•It is a week to which the people of Massachusetts, civilians 
as well as soldiers, have l)een looking forward for many months. 
Their most sanguine anticipations concerning it have heen more 
than realized. The government of the state has been lieartily 
in accord with the public sentiments with reference to tiie 
event. At the time of your National Encampment in ^Milwaukee 
last year, it was suggested to me that a letter to l)e publicl}' read 
there, from me as acting governor of the Commonwealth during 
the illness of Governor Ames, urging that the next Encampment 
be held in Boston, might have some effect ni helping to bring 
about that which the INIassachnsetts Department so earnestly 
desired. I wrote such a letter, in which I took the liberty of 
conveying the assurance that both the legislature and the citizens 
of ^Massachusetts would unite with the Department in welcoming 
the delegates and in making their meeting here a pleasant and 
successful one. The result has justified the prediction. In my 
message to tlie legislature in January last, I recommended liberal 
action on its part ui)on tiie subject, and that bod}' responded by 
appropriating $50,000 for the purpose, and providing for the 
proper representation of tlie Commonwealth upon the occasion. 
The Commoni\'ealth also cordially joined with the Grand Army in 



218 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

iuviting the President uf the United Stiites to honor the occasion 
by his presence. He kindly complied with the request and you all 
know how his [)resence added to the success and the interest of 
the celebration. 

"Now, in Avhat this state lias done in this direction, it has 
acted with a wise regard for the public welfare. Your National 
Encampments exert an influence upon the people which is salu- 
toiy and ennobling. The meetings of the men who have fought 
side by side, who have faced the same dangers, who have endured 
the same hardships, who have won the same victories — the 
renewal of friendships formed in battle and in camp, the revival 
of the recollections of the old days and the old scenes and all the 
incidents and experiences of these annual reunions of yours, 
are not only exhilirating to you, but they are also useful to the 
Republic. 

" They give an added strength and IVrvor to that patriotic 
sentiment Avhich induced you to defend it in the past and to 
thereby contribute to that grand destiny which it is fulfilling. 
That patriotic sentiment, that spirit of consecration to a great 
cause which animated the soldier in the war, is needed in the cit- 
izen in peace. And as the country looked to the army for its 
defence, so whenever and wherever it is menaced today by social, 
political, moral or economical perils, among the forces upon which 
it confidenth^ relies for its deliverance is the power and patriotism 
of the (irand Army of the Kepu1)lic." 

The band then played '"Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys 
are Marching," the whole concourse in the hall heartily helping on. 

Colonel Taylor : — 

"Comrades, we have a distinguished hero here tonight Avho 
has been introduced in glowing terms so many times that I am 
going to pi'esent him to you simply as a delegate from Missouri, 
Coun-ade Sherman." (Long continued cheers.) 

ADUREfiS OF GENERAL SHERitAN. 

'■'■ 3L-. President and Coiurode.s: This magnificent Encamp- 
ment has surely been a notable occasion. Even the heavens have 
smiled upon you. Every day has l)een just such a day as we 
could have chosen h:id we had the command of the Avinds and the 



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waves, and even toiii^lit. in inid-siiiniiier, in Anii'ust (loii'-days, we 
sit in a conifortalile hall with our chosen guests, with the imlniy 
air of a Ma}- nioruinii-, as cool and pleasant as any conn-ade could 
ask for, and you can look around you and ahove you and see the 
decorations of this hall, not too elaborate, yet distinctive, and 
everywhere in Boston you see the smiling faces of men, women 
and children, all hespeaking the welcome with which the Grand 
Army has been received in this great Commonwealth of Massa- 
chusetts. Of course 1, a veteran, almost the last of the ]\[ohi- 
cans, have received much honor and more than I wanted, but I 
am glad, my young fi'ii'iids, that you have taken couunand. I 
have seen one 3^oung man pass out of otlice today and a nt'W one 
installed, with that gentleness and subordination to authority 
whicii marks our American history and which is the best promise 
of a glorious future, of any single feature in our Government. 

"Now, my friends, T do not intend to break or make even 
the five or ten minute rule. l>ut to si)eak to you from my heart, as 
the people on the street have done, and to assure you that in look- 
ing back npon the past, I, one of your old comrades, am well 
pleased with you, my sous. As the governor of this C'onnnon- 
wealth has well stated, the feelings which you breathe, the senti- 
ments which you express publicly or in conversation, all tend to 
form a bond of union, it may be of silk, but stronger tluui any 
that Avas ever forged on the anvil of A'ulcan. We are bound 
together as a whole and not confined to any one locality. Each 
locality has its own scenes, each locality has its own history and 
scenery. Surely those in Boston command the respect and love 
and veneration of every American. You have all been to Bunker 
Hill, of course, and seen that monument, and you know its tale of 
history. You have been where (ieneral Washington first assumed 
the command of the American army, which was a command that 
resulted in the freedom of the thirteen American colonies, now 
extended Ity your fathers to the furtherest coast, consisting of 
forty-four states, each governed l)y its own local laws, with all 
subordinate to the wholi', like to the solar system, which God 
spreads abroad in the heavens. Now, my friends, the Grand 
Army of the Republic has for its first characteristic, as your 
President has well said, voui' Commander-in-Chief, order, svstem. 



'2'2i} rXOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

respect for each otlu-r, fraternity, as expressed by your code, 
cluirit}' and fraternity, and these are great virtues amongst all 
men, but especially amongst soldiers, where they mean something. 

"You who have fought^ in the field and touched elbow with 
your fellow soldier never can forget the spark thus caused, stronger 
tlian an}' electric spark now, when you meet him in citizen's 
clothes. He was once your comrade and you love him as a brother. 
That is fraternity, and that is what the Grand Army was organized 
to preserve and maintain. LoN'alty is the greatest of all. It may 
not l>e more than charity, but loyalty, obedience to the constituted 
autliority so tliat you may be safe, goes l)efore them all. You 
may differ as widely as the poles, yet, for the time being you sub- 
mit to your Commander-in-Chief, or to the ma^'or of your citj', or 
to the governor of your state, or to the Chief Executive in Wash- 
ington, with not an unwilling love, but with that obedience which 
comes from the heart and makes every American citizen boast of 
his country. Charity comes in, and very few here, even in Boston, 
realize the charity done ]»y the Grand Arm}- of the Republic. I 
have seen Posts way down in southern Missouri, I have seen them 
awa}' off in the mountains of Montana, Oregon and Washington, 
I have looked at their books, and about one-half of their fees go 
to charit}', and when it comes to be aggregated it runs up into 
millions of dollars. Those little deeds of charity which pervade 
the continent and stamp this order, entitle you, the Grand Arm}' 
of the Repul;)lic, to be the representative body of the survivors of 
the war. Of course we have organizations like the Army of the 
Potomac, the Army of the Tennessee, the Army of the Cumberland 
and others. They are local. But this organization covers the 
whole land and permeates it in every fibre, so that wherever there 
is a Grand Army Post there is a point where the patriot ma}' go 
and claim the authority of this grand, noble order of men. 

"The heavens have smiled upon you here in Boston. I was 
prepared for it. Yesterday you had a grand and glorious oppor- 
tunity of seeing and being seen, of speaking to each other, of 
renewing the old friendships and of making an impression upon 
the body politic here in Boston whicli will be carried to the four 
corners of the earth and which will make this a notable occasion. 
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voiir fathers hegaii ami coiitiiiiu- in it forever. For wars liave not 
ceased and inav come again. God grant that they may nc)t 
* * * But as long as man is man he will have passions, and 
wars have been, not by reason and good sense, but by want of it. 
Why. Ave have seen here witliin the last fcAv days a greaf conven- 
tion of South Anu'ricans and of course everything Avas to be 
settled by arbitration. Well, now the}' are going for each other, 
from the Istiunus down to Buenos Ayres. And so in Europe 
they had a peace congress the other day, which our glorious, 
good man Dudley Field ]n'esided over, and they decided that war 
should cease and that arbitration should take its place. All right; 
I hope they will succeed and all good soldiers hope they will suc- 
ceed. But. my friends, I do not l)elieve they will succeed. 
Wars will continue as long as man is on earth and thosi' who are 
here together should obey the laws of their own country- and sub- 
mit to that necessary restraint which you, 3'ourselves, submitted 
to in 18G1 and l-SO.'i, and which you exhibit today and exhibited 
on the streets the other day, and you will come out victors and 
conquerers in the grand struggle for existence. I hope and pray 
that each and every one of you Avill reach your homt's in good 
health. I expect to go elsewhere tomorroAV, but Avherever I go I 
will carry with me the memory and remembrance of this occasion. 
(Great and prolonged applause.)" 

Colonel Taylor : — 

" Now, conu'ades, I Avant to present to you the hero of 
Gettysburg, General Sickles. General Sickles has done ii good 
deal of pioneer work for this order, and his reception this A\eek 
has been a grand one, and his war record and his serA'ices for the 
order liaA'e generously entitled him to it. General Sickles of 
New York." 

ADUKESS OF GENERAL SICKLES. 

"Mr. Co)it/ii<iii(Jpr, Mr. Toast master and Comrades : I think 
Alladiu's lamp nuist iiave been found b}" Boston. This is the 
third A'isit that I haA'e paid to this magnificent hall. The first time 
I came here it Avas covei'ed with beds for thousands of soldiers. 
The second time I came here, last night, the hall Avas filled Avith 
10,000 A'eterans listening to eloquent speeches, and tonight it is 
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liall not to he found in any iKxlaee I have seen, and a repast has l)eeu 
served liere fit I'or kinus. Tliis weelv reminds nie of the Peniiisuhir 
canipaitiii. We liave had a seven days' battle, and we have been 
victorious so far in every one. We would have captured Boston, 
1 am sure, the first tiling', but tlie mayor seeinu' what was before 
him, came forward and put the keys of Boston in your hands. 
Ever since we have been here we have revelled in its delights. I 
asked (Jeneral Hooker one da}- as I was riding with him in 
CJeorgia, between Dalton and Resaca, where 1 was his guest for a 
. short ti]ne, Avhat he thouglit was the highest form of enjoyment 
for a soldier, and he said he thought it was campaigning in an 
enemy's country. I agreed with him then, but now I would give 
a different answer myself ; I would say it was campaigning in 
Boston, where everybody gives you all they have and all you 
want. 

'•Conu'ades, no one can look upon tliis asseml)ly witiiout 
emotion, composed, as it is, of representatives of all parts of the 
United States, and representing every element of industry and 
emplo3'ment and occupation known to civilization ; and yet this 
representative assembly also represents what was the great arm}' 
of the United States from I.SBI to 1<SG5. And here let me pause 
an instant to make a single remark in reply to those who had such 
direful forebodings of what would happen to our country wjien 
we organized those vast armies which the exigencies of the time 
required. They were full of apprehension then that that army 
Avould l»e a pernn^nent army; that our government would l)e a 
military republic; that a large standing army would become a 
permanent and necessary institution. And yet I declare in this 
presence, without fear of contradiction, that from the time that 
peace was declared in 1.SG5, no voice, not a single voice, has 
ever Ijeen heard from the armies that then existed in favor of 
establishing or perpetuating a large standing army in this repultlic. 
You arc proud of your service, proud of your record, and justly 
so ; but you are prouder still of the ability to exert your influence 
in maintaining and preserving pure and intact the institutions of 
your fathers and obeying the admonitions of Washington. And 
let me here end by reciting a little incident which I told last night 
at a bancpiet. It was so well received there by a small num])er 



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of ut'iitlemeii that 1 ^\\\\ venture to repeat it here ikiw, altliouuh 
to suine ^vlio weri' there it will lie a chestnut, hut only a cliesluut 
one (hiy old. You will set' its apiilication. 

•• Some years au() 1 had the pleasure to dine in Paris with 
our then minister, (^ent'ral Xoyt's of ( )hio. You will rememhei' 
that he lust a leii in liattle. Another of the company was our 
distiuguisbod friend, a fornuT C'onnnander-in-C'hief of your order. 
(Toiieral Fairehild, now sittiuii on my riuiit hand. Amonji' the 
oiiests were many distin;i,uished diplomats — Prince Orloff, ambas- 
sador from Russia. Piince lloheuzolleru, amliassador from (Ger- 
many, and a iiundier of reiiresentatives from foreiou govei'uments. 
Amon;^' them was a small type of the ordinary European 
di[)lomat, perhaps more expert in the waltz than in conductiuii' 
negotiations. And as Prince Orloff. in his soldierly way. told 
nie late in the evening, this little man remarked to him. • ^\'hy. I 
thought we were to meet some American officers of prominence 
here tonight I ' 'Well,' said Orloff, • so we have." ' \\'cll." he 
said, • Avho do you mean?' Prince Orloff pointed out Noyi's and 
Fairehild and myself. ' AVell,' said the little diplomat, ' they 
have no star, no order, no cordon, no ri])l)on. no decoration.' 
Said (Jrloff. • ^ly friend, those men wear decorations that no 
Czar or monarch can give, and that no Czar or monaivh can take 
awav. ' 

Colonel Taylor : — 

'^ Now, conn-ades, I want to introduce you to a connade who 
has Ijeen hard at work for tlie past year, and who has lieen 
particularly busy this week. You all know him and you know 
what he has done. I introduce to you your Conunander-in-Chief 
during the past year, (ieneral Alger. 

ADDRESS OF (iENEIJAL ALGEK. 

"Comrades : I am not going to talk tonight. I have used 
my voice beyond its capacity trying to keep you in subjection 
din-ing the last few days, as you know. ]jut I want to take just 
one single moment in the presence of the Oovernor of this great 
Connnonwealth. in the presence of the INIayor of this magnificent, 
loval citv. to say for you to (Jovernor and ]Mayoi', that we ai)pre- 
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224 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

his excelk'uey) , so long as a man lives who faces 3'ou here tonight 
they will hold you and the people you so ably represent in grate- 
ful memory for the care you have taken of us. IMaj'or Hart 
(turning to his honor) , I wish to sa}-, sir, that the lioys in front 
of you, old some of them in years but young in heart, extend to 
you their most cordial thanks for all that you and your magnificent 
city has done for them and for us. And as we leave the confines 
of your city, as we pass the borders of 3'our state, Governor 
Brackett, be assured that you will never be forgotten, but so long- 
as we live, will be held in grateful rem.embrauce. 

" Comrades, in the little souvenir that has been giveu to you 
here, filled with cigars, in which I have been complimented Ijy 
having my face placed upon it, I want to make a correction. The 
committee has represented me in that picture as turning my back 
upon Commander Innis. Tliat I never did and never will do. I 
wish the}' would turn the face the other waj-. I like to face the 
Massachusetts men, Comrade Goodale, Comrade Innis and all the 
comrades who have done so much for us. Comrades of Massa- 
chusetts, we will face j'ou while we live and when we die we will 
ask that we be buried with our faces turned toward old Massa- 
chusetts." 

Colonel Taylor : — 

••Comrades, we are favored tonight with the presence of 
General Devens of Massachusetts, a man of whom Massachusetts 
is justly proud, and a man whose war record is known through- 
out the length and breadth of the land. I will invite him to 
speak to you for a few minutes ; Past Commander-in-Chief, 
General Devens of Massachusetts." 

ADDRESS OF GENERAL DEVENS. 

••It shall be for a few moments, only, conn-ades, for we who 
are the Past National Commanders have been sitting here in a 
row like extinct volcanoes who have vomited their flames in times 
past, but were now quite worn out. I can assure you, couu'ades, 
that 5'our visit luis toiK-hed deeply the heart of Massachusetts, and 
that its governor has not spoken one word too strongly in its 
behalf. It has been delightful to clasp again the hands, to look 
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provided, of course, thev ilo not s[)enk too loiiu', :ind to meet encli 
other ill this corditd ;iiid friendly way. Certainly no incident 
could occur, liettt'r showiiiLi' how intiniatelv the fame of the 
Northern and all the armies of tlu' I'liited States are bound together 
than that which you have seen mxui this platform, when voii have 
seen (ieiieral Sherman and (xeueral Sickles speaking together, and 
rememlu'i' that \'icksl>urg and (iettyshurg came together. 

•• I reiiuMiilK'r that the j-'ourth of .July, lS(;;i, was the looudest 
day that tiie American arms had t'ver known, because, with the 
thunders that welcomed in the Nation's natal day, throughout the 
North rang the cannon that announced the great victory of Gettys- 
burg; and they were echoed and re-echoed from the South and 
West by those that told that \'icksburg had fallen, and that the 
Mississippi, its whole mighty length, to use the noble phrase of 
Abraham Lincoln, -ran unvexed to the sea.' You are in a city 
which is an historic city. It is a city which has once lieeii taken 
by force of arms; it has received the cannonade directed by 
General Washington. It has l»i'eii a beleaguered city. Its inhabi- 
tants, it is true, were all heaitily in sympathy Avith the besiegers. 
It bears in various parts the marks of the cannon balls of the 
Revolutionary army that besieged it. It has yielded to its capture 
b}^ General Washington, and again ^nelded no less generously to 
its capture l>y you. The states of Massachusetts and Mrginia 
were the great states of the Revolution. They are old states. I 
hope the love between them is not gone 3^et. 

"I sat today upon the platform of the Grand Army of the 
Repulilic, and there were at the other end of the hall before me 
four face>s and four pictures. One was the picture of our great 
commander, to whose trumpet call every man of us has answered, 
that of (reneral (4rant. Another was that of General Logan, 
endeared to all of us liy his exertions in behalf of this verv asso- 
ciation : who did more to put it in the position in which it now is 
than perhaps any one of its commanders; to whom has been 
accorded the praise of being the liist volunteer soldier in the army ; 
who had never received the lienetit of any academic instruction in 
the art of war: upon whom was thrown in the early hours of 
the battle at Atlanta, by tlu' unfoitumite death of the gallant 
McPhersoii early in tlu' morning, tlu' whole weight of that liattle, 

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which lasted until seven o'clock in the evening, and where, as 
General Sherman in his report states, with his determined gallantry, 
whenever any brigade or au}' division flinched, or lost ground liy 
an inch, he personally conducted it into its proper place in the line 
of battle. The two other portraits were portraits of Virginians. 
Honor and praise to the men that retained the true faith and 
that maintained the true honor. One was the face of George 
H. Thomas, noted for his magnificent victory at Nashville. 
And the other was that of David Farragut, whom j'ou have 
seen, pictured at least, as he was lashed to the maintop of the 
Hartford, above the smoke of battle, directing the battle of each 
one of his ships. Honor forever to the state that brings forth 
such sons to maintain her true honor and g'lor3\ 

"And now, not to prolong these remarks, let me end with 
the single remark of the greatest Virginian of them all, which is 
applicable today to our army, as it was to the army to whom it 
was addressed. They are the words which General Washington 
addressed to the armj^ which he commanded, and they are as fit 
to be addressed to you as they were to be addressed to your great 
forefathers, 115 years ago. 'The fame of the federal armj^,' 
said he, ' is secure ; and let the men who compose it remember 
that simple virtues of industry, econoni}' and frugality will render 
them as amiable in civil life as the more splendid qualities of 
courage and valor have rendered them respected in the field.'" 

ADDRESS OF GENERAL WARNER OF MISSOURI. 

The next speaker introduced was Past Commander Warner of 
Missouri. He said if there was one thing he was glad of, it was 
that he was a Missourian, and that the next thing was that he was a 
Past Commander of the Grand Armj^ of the Republic. The people 
from the West who were visiting Boston had greatl}' enjoyed the 
hospitality shown them on all sides, and would carr}^ back with 
them to their homes only the pleasantest remembrances of their 
sta}' here. He referred in a ver}' humorous manner to the feast 
which h;id just been enjoyed, and likened it to those which the 
comrades had enjoyed ( ?) iu the trenches at the front. As he 
gazed on the ranks of the Sons of Veterans in the parade on 
Tuesday, he realized, in a forcil)le manner, their likeness to the 



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voluuteer soldiers of '(11, '(')2 aud '(;;5 ; but he also realized that 
they possessed far more knowledge of military science now than 
did the veterans of '(ii. With all the ceremonies and reunions of 
the past week, uot one word of bitterness or of vengeance had 
been uttered toward those who fought against the Union. He 
realized more than ever before that the war ended in '(JT) ; that the 
Northern soldier laid down his arms and took up again the imple- 
ments of industry, feeling that, with the last throb of the drum, 
the hand of fellowship was extended to the vanquished foe, and 
allowed them to take back to their homes the horses which they 
would need in their pursuits of life. The annals of time Avould l)e 
searched in vain for a parallel to such magnanimity ; aud the 
evidences of the loyalty of the Union soldier could be found ou 
every battlefield, could be seen shining from every star or in every 
stripe of the old flag. 

ADDRESS OF GENERAL FAIRCHILD OF WISCONSIN. 

Colonel Taylor next introduced Past Commander Fairchild, 
of Wiscoutsin, whose remarks were brief owing to the lateness 
of the hour. He said that the people of the great West appre- 
ciated the hospitality which had been extended to them by the 
people of Boston. For months previous to the Encampment pre- 
parations had been going ou, and he was very glad that it had 
been such a splendid, enthusiastic and glorious success. Although 
the comrades might differ in their desires aud iu their preference 
for office, the spirit of loyalty was still throbbing in their breasts. 
He paid a glowing tribute to the loyalty of the soldier in the fight 
for the Union, and said that the battle was waged uot for state or 
section, but for the Union. He was glad that one great fact was 
clearly evident : that the defeated shared equally with the victors. 
He hoped that all might be spared to attend the Encampment in 
Detroit in 18'J1, aud upon closing was greeted with loud applause. 

ADDRESS OF CORPORAL TANNER. 

The last speaker of the evening was Corporal James Tanner. 
Colonel Taylor, in presenting him, said that the high otficials of 
the Grand Army of the Republic had had their full share in the 
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228 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

vopreseutativo of the rank and file. The Corporal's address 
closely held the attention and interest of the audience, notwith- 
standing the lateness of the hour. 

He said that the only fitness which he deserved in appearing 
upon such an occasion arose from the desire to recall stirring days 
of endeavor for a just cause. The men in the ranks were a neces- 
sary adjunct to the commanding otHcers, and he thanked God that 
the brilliant galaxy of leaders in the war had had supreme confi- 
dence in the men of their commands, knowing full well that their 
devotion to their country would sustain them in whatever peril 
they might l)e. The years are fleeing ; yet all who attended the 
Eucampment felt years younger than l:)efore they came, and 
would carry back with them to their distant homes onl}^ the 
kindest feelings towards their entertainers. He thanked God that 
he was born just when he was ; that he was permitted to get into 
line and help to make the flag of the Union the only one which 
had a right to float over this Nation. The comrades are getting 
old, and some are passing from the stage of activity ; but as they 
go from Boston, never perhaps to gather again, he was happy in 
knowing that when they passed away they would leave the Nation 
so cemented together that it shall be preserved forever. 

At the conclusion of Corporal Tanner's address the assembly 
joined in singing " Auld Lang Syne," and the banquet was a 
thing of the past. 




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THE PLYMOUTH CLAM-BAKE. 



IT was a current jest ninong the veterans en route to Boston that 
tliey would l)e fed durni*>' the Eneampineut on l)rown l)read 
and heans. with a siirinkhnti' of eh\ins thrown in. by way of 
variety. 

Aniouii' the tinticipiitrd pK'asures of Encaniitnieiit week was 
tlie (hial attraction of an t'xciirsion to Plvinoutli :ind a clam- 
bake in that historic town. If a town was ever Hterally cai)tured 
by the veterans, Plymouth experienced that distinction on Friday. 
They manifested a solemn reverence ns they walki'd tlu' winding" 
streets of .Vniericn's oldest town, and beheld the mementos 
handed down liy that little band of Pilgrims, who, thnt they 
might be free to cai'ry on religions worship according to the dic- 
tates of their own consciences, braved the dangers and wintry 
gales of an iinknown sea in search of a haven of rest. No 
visitors ever appreciated these mementos of the birth of freedom 
more than the veterans on that memoral)le occasion. 

The excursion was complimentary to the (irand Army 
Enciimpment. :ind long before the advertised time for the trains 
to start the Old Colony station in Boston was thronged with 
excursionists. Four special trains were provided by the railroad 
management. 

The tirst train consisted of ten cars ; the second of twelve 
cars; the third of nine cars, and the fourth of ten ears, all filled. 
'J'he second was the olllcinl tniiu. The tirst two cai's were I'eserved 
for the (irand Army leaders and members of the state didega- 
tions, while the others were occupied by the representatives of the 
National Fn<-ampment and their ladies and friends. A great 
nndtitiide desired to take the lirst train that they might havi' a full 
day in Plymouth, and hundreds rushed pell mell for the i)lat- 
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separated and were forced to try their luck with the crowd. There 
was no chance for the examination of Ixidges. Fortunately no 
one was injured bj^ the rusii to he the first one to board the cars. 

Each of the special trains liad on Vtoard a detail from the 
ambulance corps of the state militia. There were a few cases of 
sickness needina; care. The stretchers Avere called into use and 
the sick men were taken to the baggage car, which was turned into 
a temporary hospital. 

Governor Brackett could not join the excursionists, owing to 
previous engagements. The newly-elected C'ommnnder-in-Chief 
of the Grand Army was also absent. Lieutenant-Governor Haile 
represented the State, and General Alger represented the Grand 
Arm}' as the retiring Commander-in-Chief. With the General 
were his wife, his two daughters and one of his sons, also 
Governor Thayer of Nebraska, General Fairchild of Wisconsin, 
Mrs. Stockbridge, wife of Senator Stoekbridge of Michigan : Miss 
Piatt, Congressman Cogswell, Colonels Sidney M. Hedges, August 
M. Goetting and A. M. Jackson of the governor's staff; Miss 
Clara Barton, Counciloi's Keith, Flynn and Mudge ; Senators 
Coffin and Lowe ; Colonel George H. Hopkins, Adjutant-General, 
and Colonel James T. Sterling, Assistant Adjutant-General, of 
General Alger's staff ; Past Commanders-in-Chief Rea, Burdette, 
Beath and Kountz ; Representatives Dallinger of Cambridge, 
Howland of Chelsea, Kendall of Gardner, Oakman of Boston, 
Maccabe of East Boston ; Captain George W. Creasey and wife, 
Past Assistant Adjutant-General J. F. Meech and wife. Past 
Judge- Advocate Genei'al W. C. Reddy of New York, Captain W. 
H. Thomas, Hon. Benjamin S. Lovell, Mrs. and Miss Lovell. 
Mrs. Tanner and daughter. Chairman Goodale of the National 
Executive Committee, Grand Army of the Republic, J. AL 
Greenfield of Michigan ; John G. Hutchinson, Commander of 
Post ;i, jNIanchester, N. H. ; Colonel Nat. Schackford, Lake Vil- 
lage, N. H. ; Commander S. S. Whitney of Post (52, Newton ; 
Commander George A. Sawin, Post 11 o, Boston; Wyzeman 
Marshall, Edmund F. Prentiss ; Past Department Commanders 
Aloivzo Williams, Hall, Charles H. Williams, and Commanders 
Pomeroy and Spencer of Rhode Island ; Past Assistant Adjutant- 
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Pli'i-sey and Nash of Massachusetts ; Chaphiiu-iu-Chief Mis. Little- 
tield of the Woman's Kelief Corps ; V. M. ^Manson, Commander 
Department of Vermont, Grand Army of the Republic ; Colonel 
J. H. (ionldino-, Adjutant-General of the Grand Army of the 
Repul)lic; Colonel W. 8. Cummin<is of St. Johnslniry, Vt. ; C. 
D.Gates of Swanton ; Ex-Governor Ormsbee, Assistant Adju- 
tant-General A. J. Hall of the Department of New Hampsliire ; 
INfiss Blackmer of the Womaji's Relief Corps; Mrs. Mary S. 
^McHenry, President of the Woman's Relief Corps ; T. W. Talmadge 
of Washinoton, D. C. ; :\rrs. II. R. Plimpton, Mrs. Emma Stark 
Hampton of the Woman's Relief Corps; General Edgar Allan of 
Richmond, wife and daughter; Past Cojiimander McHenry of 
Iowa ; ]Major James AValker and wife. Captain Elias Frauutfeler, 
Past Commander Department of Ohio; John B. Church, Mrs. 
Celia A. Baldwin, Mrs. Ciertrude C. Williams of the Woman's 
Relief Corps ; J. B. McKey of Bloomington, Iowa ; A. H. G. 
Richai'dson, Past Departnient Conniiander, Washington, D. C. ; 
Past Commander H. M. Brooks of the Department of the Potomac ; 
S. E. Faunce, Senior Vice-Commander; S. F. Blythe, Lincoln 
Post, Portland, Ore. ; I. P. AVatts of Winchester, lud. ; Newton 
Feri-ee, Past Senior Vice-Commander of the Department of the 
Potomac ; ]Mrs. A. M. Davis, President of the Department of 
Kentucky, Woman's Relief Corps ; John 31. Keogh, Assistant 
Adjutant-General, Washington, D. C. ; A. P. Baldwin, Aide-de- 
camp, Akron; C. S. Cole of Abraham Lincoln Post 91, Chicago; 
Past Department Commander H. H. Burbank of Maine. 

Upon arriving in Plymouth the visitors were received by a 
committee consisting of Benjamin Hathaway, W. C. Davis, E. F. 
Sherman, E. C. Finney, N. S. Saver}^, Charles E. Barnes, L. T. 
Robbins, William H. Nelson of the Board of Selectmen, and 
Charles I. Litchfield, and Avere escorted to Pilgrim Hall, where the 
formal Avelcome was given. The streets were lined with jjcople, 
and the Grand Army Posts of that vicinity were drawn up in line 
for an escort. President William T. Davis, of the Pilgrim Society, 
and a member of the Plymouth Board of Selectmen, stood at the 
top of the entrance step as General Alger, Lieutenant-Governor 
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Cougressmaii JMor.so left llifir earrhioes and walked toward him. 
Mr. James D. Tliurber presented them, and Mv. Davis cordially 
welcomed the visitors. ^Ir. Davis said : — 

" 3/y. Coinnnunler : In behtvlf of the citizens of Plymouth 
I welcome yon and your comrades to this ancient town. While in 
National Convention assembled, it is eminently fit that you should 
make a pilgrimage to the spot where the foundations were laid of 
the Republic whose life Ave saved. May 3'our visit to the rock of 
Plymouth rekindle the (ires of patriotism in your breasts and inspire 
3'ou with renewed devotion to your countr}' and flag. In behalf of 
the Pilgrim Society I welcome you, with your comrades and guests, 
to this hall. By the memorials of the Pilgrims here displayed, 
your imagination will be quickened to recall their virtues and tlieir 
worthy deeds. There is no more precious memorial than the 
sword of Staudish Avhich 1 hold in my hand. Let the trusty steel 
of him Avho was the guardian of oiu' infant nation's life receive a 
new consecration from the hands of those avIio rescued that life 
from peril in its momentous maturer years. I trust, sir, that 
your visit Avill be as agreeable to 3'ourseh'es as to us, and that 
Avlien you depart from our borders you AA'ill carry AAith j'ou the 
assurance that the landmarks of the Pilgrims are in reliable hands 
and Avill be guarded and preserA'ed for the A'eneration and instruc- 
tion of generations to come." 

General Alger replied as folloAvs : — 

" J/y. President and Citizens of this Jiisforir fo/rn dud hi;/ old 
Comrades : I am sure that CA^er}' Grand Army man Avho faces this 
historic hall, AA'ho has heard your Avords of Avelcome, and if he 
has not heard them knows the substance of them, deeph' appre- 
ciates this roA'al Avelcome. I wish to correct one thing j'ou liaA'e 
said. I was addressed as Commander-in-Chief, Avhereas I am but 
a faded flower. Therefore the sun does not affect me. But, sir, 
as I luiA-e passed my magnificent command over to an abler hand, 
and as I haA'e fallen back into the ranlvs of my old comrades, I 
assure you that as one of them we appreciate the opportunity of 
visiting this old historic place on the rock-bound coast Avhere the 
Pilgrim Fathers found their early home. 

"We haA'e seen much in our A'isit in all ]\rassachusetts to 
aAvaken anew the patriotic lire that l)elclu'd forth in ISCl when 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THP: G. A. K. 233 

thai i\-A'ji \v;(s assailed, and when IMassaehusetts and other loyal 
states spranii to the front and uavt' to the nation its best and 
kept them there, snpported by tlie loyal people at home, nntil we 
vindicateil that Hag and crushed every tlag that opi)Osed. not only 
tlu'U. sir. but forever. As we have lieen about this state of yours, 
this great C'ounuonwealth, and have l)een reminded of the losses and 
sacrifices during that war, we have come to knoAv that the country 
was worth saving: we have come to know that it is more and 
more valuable thau we had ever dreamed of; and as we see more 
of it and more of its people, I assure you that every man liere is 
only glad he had an opj)ortunity to offer everything he had in life 
to save it and to plant this Hag all over this countJT. And now. 
sir, I had uot expected this at all. I appreciate, I assure you. 
the hospitalitj^ extended through nu' to tflese conu'ades and to our 
families ; aud as we go from this })lace, and as we leave the con- 
fines of this magnificent Commonwealth, I assure you that every 
Grand Army man will cari'v in his heart a gratitude that will live 
as long as tlie blood of life pulsates from his iu'art ; and as we 
go we will say, thank you and (iod bless you all." 

After a brief inspection of the curiosities preserved in the hall, 
the procession formed in the following order : — 

Phitoon of rolice. 
Cliief Marslial, Charles E. Barnes. 
Aids. Captaui Herbert Morrisey, Kenneth Morton, W. H. Drew, T. (". 
Brown, Isaac S. BrcAVSter, William F. AtAvoocl, Charles S. Davis. 
Silver Fife and Dnnn Corps. Plynionth. 
riynioutli Ivoek Band. 
]Major E. T. Harvell of Rockland. Conunander of the county Posts 
forming the escort: C. F. Allen of Whitman, Senior Vice-Com- 
mander: William McAllister of Middleboro', Junior Vice-Com- 
mander: J. W. Sproul of Abington, Adjutant. 
Aids. A. H. Perry. C. P. Hatch of Plymouth: James L. Hall of Kings- 
ton. Grover Bennett, W. B. Stetson of Middleboro"; Thomas Drew, 
H. S. Tower of Honovcr. 

Weymouth Brass Band. 

CoUingwood Post Tfi. Plymouth, N. L. Savery, Conunander, 'Jl men. 

Middleboro' Band. 

E. W. Pierce Post 8, Middleboro', P. M. Dempscy. Conunander, 

'.»0 men. 

Fletcher Webster Post bi, Pr<)ckton, J. AV. Brown, Conunander, 

loo men. 



234 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

McPherson Post 73, Abiugton, H. T. Rochefort, Commander, 50 men. 

Rockland Drum Corps. 

Hartsuft" Tost 74, Rockland, C. H. Chubbuck, Commander, 60 men. 

David A. Russell Post 78, Whitman, James E. Bates, Commander, 

95 men. 

.I.E. Wilder Post 83, Hanover, O. T. Whiting, Commander, 4u men. 

Edwin Humi)]irey Post 104, Hingham, Thomas Weston, Commander, 

35 men. 

Lieutenant Ezra S. Griffln Post 131, Scranton, Pa., E. W. Pierce, 

Commander. 

Prominent guests in carriages. 

Martland's Fifth Regiment Band. 

Delegates to the National Encampment and members of the Gi\and Army 

of the Republic. 
J. E. Simonds Post 111, Pembroke, C. A. Bryant, Commander, 40 men. 
Justin Dimick Post 124, East Bridgewater, George Dyer, Commander, 

35 men. 

P. L. Bonney Post 127, Hanson, John Seates, Commander, 30 men. 

D. Willard Robinson Post 112, Norwell, J. H. Prouty, Commander, 

40 men. 

Martha Sever Post 154, Kingston, G. A. Graves, Commander, 35 men. 

David Church Post 189, East Marshfleld, Henry Eames, Commander, 

35 men. 

Delegations of Plymouth county camps, Sons of Veterans, PercyDamon, 

Camp 69, Pembroke, Commander. 

The procession moved along Court Street toward the square, 
countermarching and escorting General Alger. The march was 
continued through Court and Allerton Streets to the Pilgrim Mon- 
ument, down Cushman Street to Court, returning through Main, 
Leyden, Carver, North and Water Streets to Plymouth Rock, thence 
through Leyden, Market, Pleasant, South, Green, Sandwich, Fre- 
mont and Union Streets to the clam-bake grounds. An immense 
concourse of residents of Plymouth and citizens from all over the 
southeastern section of Massachusetts, lined the streets. 

Only upon two occasions before had the historic town con- 
tained the number of people approaching that of that day : 
Grant's visit in 1875 and the celebration of the completion of the 
monument in 1889. A majority of the stores and houses along the 
route were decorated, and many flags were flying over the streets 
through which the procession moved. The park at the Old Colony 
station was in patriotic dress, a feature being the words, '•'Wel- 
come to old Plymouth," in white, on the grass along the main 
pathway. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OK THE G. A. R. 235 

At one o'clock hosts and guests reached the scene of the cUini- 
bake. Thivtj^-three long tables^ were arranged, with accommoda- 
tions for :)JH)0 guests. For each of the three thousand a wooden 
plate, a tin dipper, inscribed and designed for a souvenir, and a 
paper napkin were provided. General Alger, Lieutenant-Governor 
Haile, and others, were entertained at the house of ]Mr. Burgess, 
adjoining the field, but the multitude stood at the tables and were 
served by a corps of two hundred volunteer assistants, who dis- 
tributed the clams smoking hot to the veterans and guests. 

The banquet was interrupted by. a sudden show(n-, which 
increased rather than abated the hilarity of the occasion. It was a 
ludicrous sight : the ladies, veterans and men in civilians' dress 
eating clams while standing under umbrellas in an open field, or 
crowded under the tables for shelter witli buckets of clams. The 
storm cleared as suddenly as it came, and the remainder of the 
day was remarkabl}^ pleasant. Men who had never seen clams 
before took delight in watching the workers lift the covers of sail- 
cloth, remove the potatoes and corn, and shovel the bivalves into 
buckets. The visitors gazed at the sea, which was in full view 
from the field, collected in groups to be photographed, or attended 
the reception given by the Woman's Relief Corps. There was a 
constant stream of people passing in and out of Pilgrim Hall during 
the afternoon. General Alger accepted the invitation of Mr. 
Burgess, and with his son, Colonel Hopkins and Judge Austin, 
went out for an hour's sail. The Lieutenant-Governor and ladies 
were entertained at tlie home of Colonel Stoddard, of the governor's 
staff. Hospitalities were extended generally by the residents of 
Plymouth, and altogether the afternoon was spent most pleasantly, 
a concert being given by the band in front of Odd Fellows' Hall. 

Odd Fellows' Hall throughout the day was the centre of 
entertainment of the visiting members of the Woman's Relief 
Corps, and ever}' provision was made for their comfort by their 
sisters in Plymouth and vicinity. The ladies were not the only 
ones entertained, liowever, for all Grand Army men received a 
cordial welcome. Lunch, coffee and lemonade were served con- 
tinuously through the day. The Plymouth orchestra was in 
attendance. The general committee of arrangements was in 
charge of Mrs. Al)bot Jones, who was assisted by Mrs. George 



236 fNoiKK FAI, I'ltOCEEDIKGS TWENTY- FOURTH 

Gooding, 31is, Aitliiir iJynies aud Mrs. Reeves Jackson, at the 
head of the sub-coniniittees, with a host of aids. The hall was 
beautifully deeoratt'd. tlu' stage being a mass of ferns, with 
bunting suspended along the gallery and a 1 tout the room. On the 
ground of green overhead were the words. "Fraternity, Charity 
and Loyalty." In the centre of the hall was a lily pond filled Avith 
fx'agrant floAvers, and each guest was presented with one as a 
souvenii-. This feature was prepared by Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. 
L. P. Howland. 

From two o'clock until half past four a reception was held in 
the lodge room of the hall, where Mrs. Annie Wittenmyer, Past 
National President of tlie AN'oman's Relief Corps, Department 
President ]Mrs. Knowles, and ]Mrs. Innis, wife of the commander 
of the Massachusetts Grand Army of the Republic, shook 
hands with the members of the Woman's Relief Corps. Among 
those present were Miss Clara Barton, Miss Rebecca Wishwell of 
Plymouth, aged 84, one of the old army nurses ; Mrs. M. D. 
Lincoln ( Bessie Beach ) , President of the Woman's National 
Press Association ; Mrs. Mary Frost Ormsbee, Vice-President of 
the Association ; Mrs. John Thornton Wood of Washington, and 
Miss Helen 11. Holmes, secretary of the Potomac Woman's Relief 
Corps. 

One thousand buckets of clams, seven l)arrels of sweet 
potatoes, 3,500 ears of corn, 500 watermelons, sixteen barrels of 
biscuits and 225 gallons of coffee attested the hospitality of the 
people of Plymouth at the clam-bake, besides profuse private 
entertainment. 




NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 237 



A NOVEL CAMP-FIRE. 

A camp-fire, liohted by the Woman's Relief Corps, closed the 
series of great public <iatherin<>s which marked Encampment week 
as one of the most notalile in the history of the order. 

With oratory, uiusic. poi'ti'y and song the eycning passed 
swiftly a\v:iy. (iovenior l)rackctt. Lieutenant-! iovrrnoi' Ilaile, 
Mayor Hart, Adjutant-( ieiieral Dalton, the memliers of tliciioy- 
ernor's staff, C'onnnander-iu-('hief Veazey ;ind wife, Mrs. , Julia 
Wai'd Howe, General Alger and wife, Mrs. (iem-ral J.ogan and 
other distinguished people canie upon the platform. The meeting 
was called to order by ]\Irs. K. Florence Barker, Past National 
President, who presided. The audience reached its highest altitude 
of enthusiasm when (uMU'ral Sherman was seen walking up aside 
aisle leaning upon the arm of Past Department Conunander (xeorge 
L. Goodale. The orchestra struck up, '^Hail to the Chief," and 
the ripple of api)lause ended in a tremendous round of cheers led 
by Mayor Hart. 

The feelings of the audii'uce was stirred by the singing of 
"The Star Spangled lianner" liy Mrs. Nellie Brown Mitchell, 
during which, at the ap[)roi)riate moment, a soldier and a sailor 
appeared at either end of the [>latform and wayed a National 
ensign and the Union .Jack, which created great enthusiasm. 

^Irs. Barker said : — 

" Ld'Jics of the WoiiKdi's Relief Corps, Members of t/ie 
fTroii'l Armii (iiul Friends: ( )n behalf of the National A\'ouian's 
Relief Corps I bid you welcome to our camp-fire. Heiv in Bos- 
ton, where twenty-three ladies joined together to form a Relief 
Cor])!?, we tonight hold this, our grand festiyal, because it is our 
success. The child that Ave bore and watched and prayed for, we 
haye seen Avalk, but not without the aid of the braye men of the 
(4rand Army of the Repul)lic. 

•■ We haye iuyited the (governor, the Mayor and friends of 
the Woman's Relief Corps of 3Iassachusetts to join with us in 
this camp-fire. But it is asked, 'How can you ladies Imild a 



238 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

camp-fire? You have no smoke.'. Still we have pleutj' of diT 
wood, and I propose to light it, ( A voice, ' That is better than 
smoke.') We have with us many pei'sons who will speak our 
endorsement, which will sound better than if expressed by our- 
selves. Friends, we have with us this evening one of the greatest 
friends of the Union soldier, one who has furnished, perhaps, as 
much inspiration to our army as any person in this land. I have 
the pleasure of presenting to you Mrs. Julia Ward Howe." 

REMARKS OF MRS. HOWE. 

" I do not know, dear friends, how my small voice will reach 
you. I have been asked to recite something that I suppose is 
vei'y familiar to you, ' The Battle Hymn of the Republic,' and 
when the President of this Association said that she would pro- 
vide dry wood for the camp-fire, I thought that in presenting me 
she had brought forward a tolerably seasoned piece of timber. I 
could not do the noble hospital service that many did, but I went 
again and again to see the soldiers in their camp. The result of one 
of those visits, the first that I made, was the hymn that I will now 
recite to you. I might say before beginning it, that the first time 
I ever attempted to speak in public was when I visited a regiment 
in the neighborhood of Washington. Colonel Green, I don't 
know why, said to me, ' Mrs. Howe, you shall speak to my men.' 
' AYell,' I said, ' I never spoke ; 1 cannot speak,' and I ran away 
three or four times. Finally he brought me back ; and when I 
stood face to face to those gallant soldiers, I could only say how 
glad I was to see them, how proud and happy I was to be in their 
piesence, and that is what I say to you tonight." 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMEKT OF THE G. A. R. 239 

3Irs. Howe theu recited the 

BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC. 
Mine eyes have seen the glorj' of the coiiiina; of the Lord : 
He is trampling out tlie vintage wliere the grapes of wrath are stored ; 
He liatli loosed tlie fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword : 
His truth is marching on. 

I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps, 
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps; 
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps ; 
His day is marching on. 

I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel : 
" As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal ; " 
Let the Hero born of woman crush the serpent with His heel, 
Since God is marching on. 

He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat ; 
He is sifting out the hearts of men before his judgment seat : 
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet! 
Our God is marching on. 

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, 
With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me : 
As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free. 
While God is marching on. 

Mrs. Barker : 

"Friends, I have now the pleasure of presenting to you the 
Governor of the State of Massachusetts. He has overcome his 
joy at the arrival of the ladies and has got control of his feelings 
so he can welcome 3'ou. It is late in the week, but he has had 
a hard time to get into condition for this evening. 

REMAUKS OF (iOVF:RNOR BRACKETT. 

" Ladies and Genlleinen : During the present year it has been 
my good fortune to be present at many camp-fires and other 
assemblages of the Grand Army Posts of the Commonwealth. 
On these occasions a number of speeches are generally made, and 
all of them, except the governor's, are invariably interesting and 
eloquent. There is one voice with which the oratory usually 
closes, to which it always gives me especial pleasure to listen, 
and which most of all I should regret to miss. That is the voice 
of the President of the Massachusetts Department of the Woman's 
Relief Corps. This c:inip-tire closes the series of pul)lic meetings 



240 UNOFFICIAL rROCF.EDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

which have l>eeu held in eomiection with the National Eneami)- 
nient during the week, and it is one which I should have specially 
regretted to have had to omit. 

" I am very much gratified to be present in behalf of the 
Commonwealth to give 3'ou a cordial welcome, to pay my respects 
to this organization, and to join with others in commendation of 
its noble Avork. It is an anxiliai-y of the Grand Army of the 
Republic, and, like it, it is liased upon the principles of Frater- 
nity, Charity and Loyalty. I :nii informed that the delegates 
attending the National Convention represent a membership of 
nearly 100,000 women of this country, that there are some thirty 
State Departments, and also other detached organizations in states 
having no Departments. Such a l)and of American Avomen 
joined together for patriotic and benevolent purposes, and actively 
fulfilling their mission, constitutes an institution for Avhich the 
nation may Avell be grateful. Beautiful as are the virtues of 
pJiilanthrophy and public spirit in men, they are more l^eautiful 
still when seen in Avomen. They give au added charm to their 
possessors and an elcA'ating influence to the social circle in which 
thej^ are displayed, and the aims and the activities of which they 
aid in shaping. 

•• AVhatever differences of opinion may exist as to the partici- 
piitioii of women in political affairs, there can be none as to the 
propriety of their position and their efforts in directing and carrying 
on and stimulating humane and charitable work. Massachusetts 
has recognized the Aalue of their serA-ices in this direction by 
placing them upon the boards intrusted Avith the superA'ision of 
the charitable, reformatory and penal institutions of the state. 
And Massachusetts, which lias always sought to be just and 
generous to its deserA'ing soldiers, welcomes their co-operation in 
this field of beneficent action ; and in its name 1 thank you for 
this generous and useful serA-ice, and I trust that an cA-er increasing 
and enlarging capacity may be granted to you for rendering this 
same service in the future." 

After the vSwedish Quartette had i-endered a vocal niarcli in 
an excellent manner. Mrs. Barker presented His Honor Mayor 
Hart, as one Avho had ordered the Aveather and had been Avorking 
in his floAver garden on the Connnon ever since the spring opened, 
preparing for this Encampment. 



national encampjient of the g. a. h, 2-il 

i;i:mai;ks ok mavoi; hakt. 

'• We (lid eoiiiiiU'iKH' in thr iinrdi'ii t'arlyiii the season. AN'lieu 
it was suoiit'sted that we should phu-e tiiere n'presentations of all 
the Grand Army and Ai mv Cori)s badges that existed at this time, it 
was a verv jiivat (juestioii whether it could l)e done. ^fr. Dooo'ue, 
the SuperintencU'Ut of thi' ( 'onniioii, said to me. •! ean do it, if you 
will give me cartr lilauche lo go to \ew York and [Udcin'e the 
flowers that wr nci'd." I said. • You have my a[»[)r()val. and vou 
can go jihead. in'oxided you can carry out the j)lan. Tlu're is a 
great deal of criticism u[)ou this woik. or was at the beginning, 
and we do not want to start on anything unless we can do some- 
thing that will be satisfactory.' In my judgment, we have shown 
you the handsomest Public Garden and the handsomest array of 
flowers that there is in the world. When 1 Avi'nt on to the Public 
(iarden on Tuesday, and saw the crowd of people there, as hand- 
some as lliese pt'ople that are before me tonight, tlieir presence 
was the only addition that was needed to make it a veritable 
(iarden of Eden. 

•• All this week 1 have been attending your camp-fires, and 
have bi'cn hearing how nuicli Boston has done for vou. 3Iv time 
has now come to tell you how much we respect the (irand Army, 
and I mean the Woman's Relief Corps just as well, because with- 
out the women there would not be much for the (Jrand Army to 
do. liut, by their combined efforts, we have seen Avhat the (irand 
Army and the Relief Corps are enabled to do as an organization. 
In thanking you for your invitation and reception, I want to tell 
you as to tlie character of your presence in Boston. It was said 
that we should need an extra police force for the Public Garden, 
to protect evei-ything Ave had there. T asked the Board of Police 
to give me that force, which they did; but we had no occasion 
for the police Avliich we had there before. I have received a letter 
from Air. Doogue in which he said that there Avasu't even a blade 
of grass missing. 1 got up pretty early Tuesday morning and 
went to the Garden to see just wh;it condition it was in. and cer- 
tainly it looked just as bright and fresh as it did the morning 
before you came. 

•• When I sent a message to ^Milwaukee, last year, asking the 
(irand Army to come here. I was in great doubt. 1 did not know 

IG 



242 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

just what we should do, niid wlieu I promised to do what 1 did 
promise it was with a considerable mental reservation. But 
when the appropriation had been passed by the City Council, I 
bent all my efforts to have it turned over entirch' to the committee 
of the Grand Arm}-. It has been done, and your committee has 
done the work most excellently Avell. 1 have followed things up 
very carefully' and had the streets through which the procession 
was to march put in as good condition as it was possible. On 
Tuesday morning, at five o'clock, I went over those thoroughfares, 
and I found them in first-class condition. Your President has 
given me the credit of ordering the weather. I certainly prayed 
for it, for I heartily believe in prayer, and I believe the prayer 
was answered. I praj^ed for sunshine. The sunshine didn't 
immediately come ; but the clouds lifted, and it has been pleasant 
up to this time. I hope and trust that it will be just as pleasant 
for you all from the time j^ou leave Boston until you get to your 
homes and for all your natural lives." 

Mrs. Flora E. Barry next sang "The Flag's Come Back to 
Tennessee." 

Mrs. Barker, in a few complimentary words relative to the 
National Organization of the Woman's Relief Corps, presented its 
retiring President, Mrs. Annie Wittenmyer of Chicago, who was 
cordially received. 

"You perceive by my very first utterance that 1 am not in 
condition to address you, so I will not inftict a speech upon this 
audience after the clear utterances that I have heard tonight. We 
expected a great deal of Boston, and those expectations have 
been more than fulfilled ; in fact, it has proved itself the combi- 
nation of everything that is excellent. I believe from this day 
that Massachusetts has beeu true to its reputation. One word 
Avith regard to the Woman's Relief Corps. We accept with grati- 
tude all the kind words you have been good enough to say about 
it tonight. Seven short years of existence has gathered together 
]()0,()0() of tlie very best women in the land. We are on dress 
parade toniglit ; but we work three hundred and sixty-five days in 
the year, Sundays excepted, and we have spent this year, in our 
charity work, $87o,O()0. We are in the work to stay, for the 
veterans, and have at our finger-tips thousands of dollars to help 
those brave men who have fought for us." 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. U. 248 

Mrs. yUwy E. Knowk's road the following poem wi-ittcn for 
the occasion by Kate Brownlec SluTwood : — 

THE MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN. 
A salute 1 And yet another : 
A salute while the biiufles i)lay I 
For tlie i)eei-Iess riiritau mother, 
For the mothers of riymouth I5ay I 
For the royal Relief Corps \\()men, 
The glory of Boston toAvn '. 

For the Avomen of the grand old Commonwealth 
Who sliare in Jier hold renown I 

Tiirongh the ice antl the snows 

The Mayflower goes, 

Through the racking, roaring sea, 

And the breakers that dash on the lee; 

And the old hull knocks 

On the ragged rocks ; 

And the Puritan kneels to pray. 

To the Lord whom the winds obey. 

Matrons and maidens are there 

With their soothing Ininds on the head 

Of the fainting and famished, 

And the wrinkled brow of care; 

Maidens and matrons are there 

Where the savage has made his lair, 

Heartsick, homesick and weary, 

Bravest Avhen all is most dreary ; 

Gaining courage and trust 

From the frost and tiic snows and the rust. 

And the fever and famine sore, 

Ami liie shadow of death at the door. 

Matron and stately nuiiden. 
Mothers and mates of men. 
Of invincible Puritan men ; 
Sowing with hands full laden, 
Seed that shall blossom again ; — 
Blossom in Bevolution 
And the birth of a Constitution 
Brought forth in the freeman's tight. 
In tlie diring defence of right; 
In the splendor of right made nnght ; 
In the century flower of State ; 
In a Union grand and great, 
Tiie fruit of a mighty endeavor. 
One and forever. 



244 INOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOIRTH 

Aye, it is brave to be goiiiii 
Fortli to the pipe and tlie drinn, 
Out where the buajles are blowing, 
Hearing the drum say, " Come;" 
Loosed is the voice of the (hiuib, 
And the halt and the lame 
They leap in acclaim. 
And the ))eardless boy says, " Come;" 
And the horses are neighing, 
And the trumpets are braying. 
And the heroes are shouting, " Come." 
Aye, it is brave to be going 
Where the bugles are blowing ; 
Where free men are met. 
With faces Arm set ; 
And they hold up strong hands. 
And they vow to be true. 
To dare and to do, 
For their land of all lands ; 
And the shells are a-screaming, 
And the rockets are gleaming ; 
And the roar of the cannon says, " Come, 
Come, patriot, come." 

But the mother at home in her sorrow, 

Or the wife with the bal)e on her knee. 

No cymbals shall gladden her morrow. 

No mourner so mournful as she ; 

And she savoous in her pain 

When she hears the refrain 

Of the jubilant marches afar; 

Of the thunderous chorals of war. 

O son, Avith the golden locks 

All crimplcd and crimsoned and wet. 

With the dews of death in them set. 

Where the surge of the battle shocks I 

father, so stark and still. 

Where the gunners charge over the hill. 

And the mowers of death are thick, 

And the heart of the hero is sick ! 

Do you hear her calling you, " Come," 

Above the fife and the drum. 

And the cannon that roars and rends 

Both foes and friends? 

But O for the I'uritau mother, 
Or the maiden of Plymouth Bay, 
When husband, father and brother 



NATIONAL ENCAJirMENT OF THE G. A. H. 245 

And lover are iiiarcliiiiii away I 

When tlic last bread is broken, 

And the last vows are spoken : 

And llie kissi's -n-e sweet on the lips 

.V.S honey fi'oni cond) as it drips; 

And the sword and the belt are in place, 

And the liorror of death creeps ajtace I 

And she smiles a farewell, 

And she Avhispers, "Be true 

To the cause that is callinii- for yon ; 

For death is the portal of life. 

And dearer than mother or wife. 

The truth that is callinu- for you. 

From the scorn and confusion of hell; 

And better the bonds of the grave 

Than the gyves of the slave!" 

Do you hear them? The Minute Men marching? 

They have leai)t the dread valley of bones: 

Above them the brow overarching, 

Beneath, the sacrifical stones 

"Where the martyrs are making their moans. 

Do you hear them? The Minute Men marching? 

They are shaking the kingdoms and thrones. 

They are marching and marching and marching. 

The bow of tlie Lord overarching. 

And the son takes the place of the sire. 

And their path is a pillar of tire. 

As they're marchina" and marching ami marching, 

The promise of God overarching. 

Do you hear them? The Minute Men nnirching? 

In the Baltimore streets they are marching. 

And the drops of their fiery baptismal 

Have crimsoned the cup of their chrismal. 

Do you hear them? The Minute Men marching? 

The shadows of deatli overarching. 

And Ijeneath them confusion abysmal? 

Do you hear them? The Minute Men maridunii? 

O imperious Puritan mother? 

Lo, the ruddy red cross overarching, 

Slie comes, keeping time with her brother ! 

When he faints she is there to relieve him, 

When he falls she is there to receive him ; 

When the cannon roars out. 

In the cliarge and the rout, 

And the frenzv of wratii 



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Cuts its lurid long path, 

'Till the rider aud horse 

Are dOAvn in its course ; 

No horror shall force her to leave him. 

No disaster to question or grieve him, 

And her voice is the tinkle of timbrels 

When the battle is crashing its cj'mbals : 

" B\- the Stars and the Stripes floating o'er 3'ou, 

By the mothers and wives who adore you. 

By the Commonwealth blazing with glory, 

By a Union transfigured in story. 

By the Puritan pride of endeavor. 

Be freemen forever and ever." 

And the hosts of the Lord overarching, 

Massachusetts goes marching and marching. 

O heroes of siege and of battle. 
Recounting your conquests again, 
"When the drum throbs of victory rattle 
Make room for the angels of pain ! 

For the angel avIio sang in the dawn 
Of the glory of God marching on 1 
For the white-ribboned angel of right 
Lifting up pleading voice in the night ! 
For the angel Avho carries unfurled 
The bannered red cross to the world I 

For the angel who bears on her breast 
The badge of sweet charity's quest : — 
The cradle of liberty swung 
From the cross that the crusader sung ! 

A salute and yet another ! 

A salute while the bugles play ! 

For the peerless Puritan mother. 

For the mothers of Plymouth Bay ! 

For the royal Relief Corps women, 

The glory of Boston toAvn ! 

For the women of the brave old Commonwealth 

Who share in her bold renown 1 

Mrs. Barker snid : — 

"We have with us one whom we deli^iht to honor, the wife 
of him who created Memorial Day in the Grand Army of the 
RepubUc, and who, Avhen the Woman's National Relief Corps 
was organized, and there was doubt of our success, said to us : 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 247 

'What Ladiic will you ladies adopt?' And a ineniber of the coiu- 
niittee said : 'We shall uot infringe upon yours, General.' He 
said : ' Do not misunderstand me ; I shoidd like to pin the hadge 
of the Grand Army of the Republic on the breast of every woman 
wlio is read}^ to work for the veteran soldier, and I should not be 
afraid to trust it tliere.' We owe very much to his companion 
who tauiiht him this noble faith in woman. It is with very great 
pleasure that 1 present to you ^Ii's. Mary A. Logan, the wife of 
General John A. Logan." 

Mrs. Logan was received with tremendous cheering, but was so 
much affected by it and by the touching allusion to General Logan 
that she was unable to speak, but took her seat, after bowing her 
acknowledgments amid renewed cheering. 

]Miss Ella Chamberlain then whistled Fior Di Margherita in 
such a manner that the audience demanded an encore, and con- 
tinued to applaud, causing Mrs. Barker to remark: — 

"We always call upon the Commander-in-Chief to help us 
when Ave get into danger. I have the pleasure of presenting 
General Alger. He has just retired from the chair, and we liave 
not yet learned to say Past Commander-in-Clhef." 

REMARKS OF GENERAL ALGER. 

" I am indeed grateful, ladies of the Woman's Relief Corps, 
for being permitted to say a single word to you, to encourage you 
in the great work you are doing. I am, however, somewhat of 
the opinion that we may about as well stop praising you, for the 
fact is, ladies, we begin to feel towards the A\''oman's Relief Corps 
tlie sentiment expressed by President Lincoln concerning Mrs. 
Lincoln : ' Why,' said he, ' I never think of thanking Mrs. 
Lincoln for what she does for me' — the highest compliment tliat 
man can pay to woman. 

"What she does for charity comes as naturally as the breath 
comes to the lungs. It comes as sweetly and surely as the fra- 
grance from the rose. There is not a woman in the land whose 
first impulse is not to aid the suffering and the needy. 

" The fact is, ladies, j'^ou have gotten so strong I don't think 
you need very nnicli help from the men. We think it is about 
time that you take the lal)oring oar and that Ave take our places 



248 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY- FOURTH 

as passengers in the craft. "We have Itecome so accustomed to 
having you meet every want, that we do not think it possible that 
any needs can come Avithout a supply from you to meet it. 

"But, ladies, seriously, as I have travelled over this great 
country during the i)ast year, visiting many places, perhaps I 
have seen one hundred kindred organizations of yours. I have 
found in every i>lace willing and glad testimony to the fact that 
you are doing the major part of the work of charity and relief for 
our disabled conu'ades, for their wives, for their widows, for their 
old fathers, their old mothers and their children. And it seems 
to me that it is superfluous talk to tell you that you are doing the 
noblest work on earth. 

"You may be sure your work is appreciated. I am certain 
that you never find a man whose heart beats beneath the blue, 
who does not wish to show in his every act that he is grateful to 
3'ou and appreciates your magnificent work. 

" It is one of the great sorrows to me in laying down this 
great otllce of Commander-in-Chief and handing it over to the 
man whom I know will till it more ably than I, that I shall have 
no excuse to go where the representatives of the "\^^oman's Relief 
Corps gather, where I can always be announced and Avhere I can 
have the first sa}^ ; and I want to tell you. Comrade Veazej", that 
if you get along at home without any difficulty, when you come to 
settle up your accounts and turn them over to Mrs. Veazey, you 
Avill do pretty well. But, sir, I wish you every success. I wish 
the \\'oman's Relief Corps every prosperity. Every dollar you 
collect from a man for charity, helps your work and enriches the 
giver. Every dollar that is given in charitj", whether it be for 
soldiers or whether it be for those who know nothing of the suf- 
ferings of war, enriches l^y just so much the man who contributes 
it. As I said here a short time ago, and as I say now, and shall 
always repeat, the one great blessing of life to man is the privi- 
lege and the opportunity of doing something for others less fortu- 
nate than himself." 

At this point a l)iu-st of applause went up, the cause for 
which was apparent when ffeneral Sherman was seen approach- 
ing down one of tlie side aisles. The applause grew into cheers 
as he came upon the i)latforiu. Resuming, General Alger said: — 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE O. A. H. '24:U 

"General Shennan, you eanie in at the last end and the best 
part of my speech; but I want to say to you, sir, tliat you are the 
dessert for any man's speech, and I uladly surrendei' my place 
to you." 

Mrs. Barker: — 

••TIk' last speaker found a little fault because he was inter- 
rupted by the rankinu' otticer. It is impossible to outrank the 
comi'adc 1 now have the pleasure of introducinii' to ycni. All 
who outrank liim have passed over. His equals in rank have 
passed over, lie alone is left to speak for his representatives. 
I have the honor to introduce to you(Jeneral Sherman." ( (ireat 
ap})lause, which culminated in a most enthusiastic ovation when 
]Mayor Hart sprang to his feet and called for three cheers for the 
General.) 

ItEMARKS OF GENERAL SHERMAN. 

'■' LndiPii and Gciitli'iticn : I am just from the cars, having- 
spent a charming day with a most delightful family at the old city 
of Salem. I did promise yesterdaj' to make an appearance here 
tonight, not to speak, but merely to manifest by my presence the 
interest I feel in every mo\'ement which tends to increase the 
kindly nature which men and women should share in the glorious 
destiny of our countr}'. Of course, ladies habitually have homes 
and the care of children, and they train future heroes to be ready 
for whatever contingenc}' may arise, be it peace or war. For 
their efforts in that regard we all bow to them. Kindly ofilces 
constitute their agency. It has been so in tlie past, is now and 
ever will be, as long as man is man and woman is woman. I 
cannot speak for the other sex. I can only speak in general 
terms of the feelings of a soldier toward those at home who 
maintain the domestic relations while we are struggling with a 
fearful eneni}'. I hardly suppose I can interest an audience of 
this kind. But so far as manifesting an interest in the objects of 
this association, the "Woman's Kelief Corps., I certainly Avill add 
m}' mite of praise and approval. 1 wish them prosperity, I wish 
them success in their movement. I hope they may be spared the 
care of the wounded and of the sick, or of making provision for 
those who are at the fi'ont. They know their interests quite as 



250 UXOFFICIAL PROCEKDINGS TWEXTV-FOURTH 

well as -Nve do. We must bear the bruut of the battle. And they 
can alleviate its necessities and sorrows. That is their office ; 
and I am sure from what I have seen of the ladies connected with 
this association, that they will fulfill it all over this land of ours. 

' ' I can hardly disassociate myself from the army itself. I 
do not mean by ' army ' a body of men assembled and organ- 
ized, armed and equipped for war, but I mean that noble army of 
men that constitutes the strength and force of a nation. All 
3'oung men are more or less soldiers, all middle aged men are 
more or less soldiers. The old are excused, properly so, because 
they know not when their powers of usefulness cease, and they 
had better get out of the way and let these young people take the 
ropes, the reins in their hands and drive us to the destination, be 
it what it may. I am always delighted to see the young men of 
our country rise to the occasion ; and at ever}'^ assemblage of the 
Grand Army of the Eepublic I am more and more impressed that 
the laws of nature are the true laws : that the old men should 
retire, — the}' may tender counsel from time to time when they 
are asked for it, not otherwise, — and that the 3'oung men should do 
the work, and that the ladies should sympathize with them in their 
tasks and aid them when it lies in their power. 

"We stand here on historic ground. We stand beneath a 
temple whose historic fame is world-wide. Here have occurred 
scenes which every patriot loves to dwell upon. And wherever 
we go, whether it be in the streets of Boston or in the suburbs of 
Boston, or in the villages which lie round about, we see repeated 
the names which were made dear to us as boys and gMs in our 
schools. AYho has not heard of Bunker Hill and Lexington and 
Concord? They are here now today. Their children are here, 
their grandchildren, their great-grandchildren, yea, it may be the 
fourth generation. And so of Dorchester Heights, and so of 
man}" other places 3'ou could name around Boston, every one of 
which recall memories of which even I only remember from books : 
for, gentlemen and ladies, I was not in the Kevolutiouary war. 
It sometimes makes me feel old when I see boys twenty-five and 
twenty-six yeiws of age turning up their ears to hear more dis- 
tinctly about the war of the Rebellion. They are just as innocent 
of it as we were of the Revolutionary war when we went to 
school. 



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" But these oi-^aiii/.ations — the (iraiid Army of the K('[)iihlie, 
the various army societies, the Ladies' Kelief Association — all 
aid in teaching the yonng' what their fathers and grandfathers did 
l)e fore them: the lesson of patriotism, an object lesson stronger 
tiian any ever spread before you in types, whether of gold or 
silver or common black ink. Yes, my friends, you of the (irand 
Army of the Kepublic. your wives and children, whether they 
belong to the Kelief Corps or not, spread before the youth of the 
rising generation a 1 tetter knowledge of the jn'inciples which begot 
our Constitution, wiiieh were developed as we progressed, and 
which finally met a glorious result in giving us a united countr}', 
one and indivisible, now and forever, to the end of time." 

Mrs. Nella Brown Pond then recited "The Bivouac on the 
Battlefield," after which Corporal Tanner was presented and spoke 
as follows : — 

KEMAKKS (»F CoIU'OKAL TANNER. 

'' Ladies of Woman's Edief Corps a ikJ Friends : Last night 
Ave thought that we had reached the altitude of Boston's possibili- 
ties, but we are tonight again surprised by the magnificence of this 
great gathering. This would not be the city of John A. Andrew 
in the past if it would not be read}^ at all times to welcome the 
men who made this gathering possible, and I am not surprised 
that the MayOr of the city has turned himself into a gardener for 
the purpose of welcoming the men who fought our battles in the 
past. 

*' Let mesa}' tiiat if it had not been for the impetus given 
to the South bj- the women of the South we could have conquered 
its armies in one quarter of the time. They braved our onslaught 
with the strength of their lives because the}' knew if they did not 
do all that was possible in the Imttle line they would have to 
l)rave the contumely of their women at home. Tonight we are 
the guests of the Woman's Kelief Corps — I wish I could say 
more in praise of their woi'k. Some of them may grow gray- 
haired with time, but they will always be young to us. Thank 
you, and God bless you for your great work." 

Mrs. Barker : — 

*'The Commander-in-Chief has issued his first order to his 
conn-ades, and we are now ready to receive it for tlie Woman's 
Relief Corps." 



252 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

COMMANl)EK-IN-< HIEF A'EAZEY. 

'• Lddirs of the Relief Corps: I did not come in here toniuht 
for tlu' pnrpose of reeeivino" an :i|i|)l:uidin<i' oreeting' from either you 
or ni}' comrades of the (irand Ai'my, l)ut rather simplj' to make my 
stai>e Itow to this <>rand organization and to express, as you see I 
shall he obliiied to from the condition of my voice, in tlie fewest 
words, my feelinos of profound gratitude and respect for the 
gi-and. glorious, nohle work of your organization. When your 
committee came into our Encampment yesterday and told us of 
your great nundiers and of your great contribution to charity, 
amounting to many hundred thousand dollars, it occurred to me 
how nnicli more potency and j»ower tliere is in simple facts than 
in any words, and how much loftier is the eloquence of such facts 
than any that can fall from human lips. 

" When I was elected to the great otlice to which your pre- 
siding officer has been pleased to allude, I was depressed and well- 
nigh overcome at the thought of the tremendous respousibility 
that was resting upon me. But then, wlien I thought again that 
the Woman's Relief Corps is the right hand of the Grand Arm}' 
of the Republic, I felt that I should be equal to this great under- 
taking. But again tonight, when I just heard from my prede- 
cessor that this grand and great occasion of the Woman's Relief 
Corps is but the Ijeginning of what I have got to encounter for 
twelve months to come, my heart again sank, until I thought : ' We 
have another auxiliary force, that is the left hand of the Grand 
Army of the Rei)ul)lic, upon which to call to sustain me ou such 
occasions as this and others, and that is the Sons of Veterans of 
war.' 

"Ladies of the Relief Corps, in closing, l)ecause I must not 
delay you at this late hour, and especially not in tlie condition of 
my voice, I wish to say that if there is any act, any influence of 
mine that <'an be of any aid or assistance to your organization, 
I hope you will freely call upon me, because while I shall freely 
give it I know that I shall receive an hundred fold more from 
you than it will be possiltle for me to do for you." 

OTHEIt EXERCISES. 

Clai'a ]iarton was next introduced, but declined to speak. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 253 

Curporal 'I'niiiuT was then calli'd upon to n-ad the woi'ds of 
tlie soiiti' entitled "'riu' W'tci-an's Last Son<>/' as rx-('hai)laiii .1. 
II. Lozier Avas uiialtli' to siii<i' tlu' soiiu' owiiiii' to lioai'sciicss. 

THE VETERAN'S LAST SONG. 

I am standinii' on the suuiinit of a reiitury of years, 

That hath measured the life of our Nation ; 
And I see, adown the mountain, a flood of blood ami tears. 

That was shed for our country's salvation 
And I see a mighty leaion who. for the Nation's life, 

Went forth in young manhood's fresh glory ; 
And I see a mighty legion who perished in the strife, 

Now sleeping in garments stiff and gory. 

CHORUS. 

And we're going soon to meet them in the ■' Bivouac of the Soul " 

As the "shadows" around us give warning; 
And I want to see my comrades when the angels call the "Roll," 

All ready for " Inspection " in •' The Morning." 

We were boys when wo enlisted, and these wrinkled brows Averc fair, 

And our eyes were undimmed in their vision; 
And the " frosts" that never melt had not gathered on our hair, 

And our step had not lost its precision. 
But the years have l)uilt their terraces on every comrade's brow. 

And age makes our weary limbs quiver ; 
And the " frosts are falling thick," and we're on the '• double (juick" 

To the camp that is over the river. 

But tho" the veterans vanish, their children still reuuiin. 

The deeds of their fathers to cherish ; 
And the cause for which we battled our children Avill maintain, 

And the foes of our banner shall perish. 
For Ave battled not in A-ain if still that banner Avaves, — 

Thro' ages our Nation adorning; 
And loyal hands shall plant it 'mid the floAv'rs upon our graves. 

Till the great " reveille" in the morning. 

Past C'oiiiinaii(lcr-iii-C'liU'f Paul Xiui Dvv \'oort of Omaha 
Avas the next s})eaker, and spoke earnestly of the liivat and good 
work done bj' the Woman's Relief Corps during the few years' 
existence of that association. 

^Irs. 3IcIIi'urv Avas then presented and expressed the hope 
that she Avould soon he al)le to address audiences in tilling her 
ueAV position as President of the National \\'ouian"s Rcditd" 
Corps. 



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Assistant Adjiitniit-Ociienil ^Monroe wiAS introduced and 
spoke briefly. 

]\Irs. Elizabeth D'Aicy Kinne, Past National President 
of the Woman's Relief Corps, Judge Advoeate-fTeneral Howland 
of Chelsea, for the Sons of Veterans, and Lieutenant-Governor 
Ilaile. made short a<ldresses in praise of the Woman's Relief 
Corps, after wiiieli the camp-fire came to a close. 

This maiiuificent gathering, brilliant in its array of great 
leaders in tlie Woman's Relief Corps and Grand Army, of honored 
statesnien, heroic soldiers and men and women eminent in the 
world of literature and letters, whose inspiring eloquence on this 
occasion is worthy of permanent record on the pages of history, 
was a most fitting close of a week that will be grand and rich in 
the annals of the Woman's Relief Corps and Grand Army organ- 
izations for the year ISDO. 

The themes of the hour thrilled the hearts of all who listened. 
The eloquent words that fell from the lips of the earnest speakers, 
as the}' told the story anew of a country's salvation through man's 
bravery and woman's unselfishness, heroic work and tender devo- 
tion, and of her subsequent helpfulness to the old soldier, and the 
ringing cheers that came quick and strong from the vast multitude, 
told how truly their patriotism and sympathies had been awakened. 
It was an appropriate finale to a programme fornudated Ijy the 
women of the Massachusetts Relief Corps after months of anxious 
planning and arduous toil b}' the executive l)oard and sub-com- 
mittees, and was an added glory to their Order. 

Early in the season the Executive Committee of the Grand 
Army Encampment, recognizing the fact that the expenses of the 
Woman's Relief Corps in preparing for their convention and 
attendant festivities would possibly be greater than their resources 
woidd allow, passed an act appropriating from the Encampment 
fund the sum of three thousand for their use. The ladies were 
apprised of this action of the committee, and were authorized to 
send to them bills for payment to the extent of this aniount. 
They firndy but gracefully declined to draw a dollar of the sum 
set aside for them. L'naidi'd by the (irand Army they carried 
out their own comprehensive plans, and by heroic efforts raised a 
sutficient sum to meet their needs. They were equal to all 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 255 

emergencies. True to the principles of their Order, they proved 
themselves nuxiliaries to, not dependents upon, their brother 
organization. 

The following communication will explain itself : — 

Boston, Sept. lo, ISDO. 
Mrs. Emma B. Lowd, 

Chairman Executive Committcp, Woman s Belief Corps. 

Dear 3Iadam : The Executive Committee desire to con\ey to tlie 
Woman's Relief Corps their acknowledgment and liigb appreciation of 
the work performed by its members, in so generously and abundantly 
providing lunch for the delegates to the National Encampment of the 
Grand Army of the Republic, and for their valuable aid in the labor of 
preparation and successfully performing the pleasant duties of Encamp- 
ment week. 

Tliat your grand work, so cheerfully undertaken and completed 
with glorious results, has been done entirely through the aid and efforts 
of the ladies of your organization, and without any pecuniary assistance 
from our committee, makes a record for the Wonuin's Relief Corps, 
llepartment of Massachusetts, of wliich its members uuiy well have a 
just feeling of pride. 

We extend to your committee our congratulations upon the grand 
success attending the entertainment of the Eighth National Convention, 
Woman's Relief Corps. No feature of the week of duty and of pleasure 
Avas more enjoyable than the camp-fire on the evening of Friday, .Vugust 
ir,th. 

We wisli to express to your committee, and through it to the organ- 
ization you represent, our sincere, cordial thanks for the aid rendered 
us, and we hope that the fraternal bond uniting the Woman's Relief 
Corps and the Grand Army of the Re])ublic may strengthen with each 
succeeding year of duty in the soldier's cause. 

Sincerely and fraternally yours, 

GeORGK L. (ioOOALE, 

Cliairmati Execntive Committee. Grrnid Arm'/ of the Bcpuhlic. 

The decorations by the Woman's Kelief Cor[)s (jf the various 
headquarters and pul)lic places during Encainpment week, were 
extensive and wonderfully beautiful in design and effect, and 
attracted the admii-iug attention of hundreds of thousands of 
people. 'J'lie halls which they festooned with the Red. AVhite and 
Blue and decked with flowers and objects of i)atriotic interest, 
were bowei's of lieautv aud loveliuess. and of marvellous artistic 



206 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOl KTH 

taste and skill. Their receptions and entertainments were delight- 
ful occasions, and will long be remeuiltered l)y all who were 
so fortunate as to paiticiijntc in tlu'in. For the results of their 
convention and their otiicial cxhihit for the year, they are to be 
congrntulated and connnende*!. 

Certainly tlir Woman's Relief Corps is accomplishing great 
and noble work for sweet charity's sake, and from it fragrant 
incense will arise before One who has said of the virtue charity, 
'•it is the greatest," and of true benevolence, ''luasnuich as ye 
have done it unto one of the least of these, ye have done it unto 
Me." 

The (irand Army of the Kei)ublie is at the zenith of its 
existt'uce ; not man}' more can be added to its ranks, and its 
menil)ers are fast fading away. Not so Avith the Woman's Relief 
Corps, which is still vigorously growing and promises soon to out- 
luimber the Grand Army at its best showing. In view of this 
fact, every veteran is encouraged, for it means to him additional 
comforts and tenderer cares for his declining years ; for many hands 
will now be stretched out to aid him where there were but few in 
the past. It means helpfulness and sympathy to the old soldier 
and his loved ones the country over; and it has a deeper signifi- 
cance than this — it means the inculcation, by the many mothers 
in the Order, of the love of country and 103'alty to its flag in the 
hearts of their children : and this is added security to the body 
politic, and the perpetuation of American lilierty and American 
institutions. 

'• Wliat is nobler for a woman than to know withhi her hands 
Is the destiny of nations and the fate of man-v hinds." 



oiS'iSko 




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INTERESTING EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 



ENCAMPMENT WEEK Avas so filled with reunions and events 
of interest for individnal Posts and Departments, that an 
enumeration of all would be a difficult task. Monday was 
chiefly devoted to the reception of the visiting Posts, both in 
Boston and the sulnn-hs. A particular feature of these occasions 
were the many lawn parties in honor of the distinguished visitors, 
given in the towns and cities about Boston, which lent an air of 
novelty both pleasing and attractive. 

One of the leading receptions was that given by Edward "\V. 
Kinsley Post 11 o, of Boston, to the celebrated Lafayette Post 
140, of New York, at the Parker House, Monday. The recep- 
tion was held in the parlor from six to seven o'clock, followiuo- 
which was the banquet and the after-dinner oratory. Commander 
George A. Sawiu presided. Among the distinguished guests pres- 
ent were President Harrison, General Alger, Governor Brackett, 
Secretary of AYar Proctor, Secretary of Agriculture Rusk, Sec- 
retary of the Interior Noble, Hon. William McKinley, Hon. 
John D. Long, General A. W. Greele}', General Daniel E. 
Sickles, General Charles Devens, Adjutant-General Dalton, Gen- 
eral Lucius Fairchild, Department Commander Floyd Clarkson 
of New York, Rev. Minot J. Savage, Mayor Hart, Rev. Edward 
A. Horton, Governor Hoard of ^Viscousin, Asa P. Potter, 
Emerson Brooks, the California poet. General W. W. Blackmar, 
General Cyrus Bussey, .Rear Admiral Gherardi, Commander 
Winfield S. Scliley, Collector Beard, General William Cogswell, 
Commander Paul H. Kendricken and Captain Nathan Appleton. 

It Avas shortly after nine o'clock wlien President Harrison 
appeared at the doors of the dining-room ; and as soon as his 
presence became generally known, enthusiastic cheers arose from 
all parts of the dining-hall, as tlie President and liis party were 
escorted to their seats. The President liad not lona' been seated 



258 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

before he was requested by several persons near him to write 
his name in pencil upon the hills of fare. Commander Sawin, 
seeing tliat tlie Chief Magistrate might be annoyed by these 
requests, thoughtfully and quietly discouraged the forwarding of 
any more menus for that purpose. The President, though look- 
ing particularly well, seemed somewhat fatigued by the travels 
and labor incidental to the receptions he had passed through 
during tlie afternoon. Colonel Charles H. Taylor was the toast- 
master, and the addresses of the evening were made by President 
Harrison, General Alger, General Devens, General Egbert L. 
Viele, Commander of Lafayette Post, General Sickles, Mayor 
Hart, Department Commander Clarkson of New York, General 
Greeley and E. W. Kinsley, the "father" of the receiving Post. 
The address of President Harrison was as follows : " I do 
not count it the least of those fortunate circumstances which have 
occasionally appeared in mj^ life that I am able here tonight to 
address you as comrades of the Grand Army of the United 
States. It was an association great in its origin, great in its 
achievement and altogether worthy of perpetuation until the last 
of our associates shall have fallen into an honored grave. It is 
not my purpose tonight to address you in extended speech, but 
only to say that, whether walking with you in the private pursuits 
of life or holding a place of official responsibility, I can never in 
either forget those who upheld the flag of this Nation in those 
days when it was in peril. Everything that was worthy of pres- 
ervation in our history passed, everything that is glowing and 
glorious in the future which we confront, turned upon the issue of 
that strife in which j^ou were engaged. Will you permit me to 
wish for each of you a life full of sweetness, and that each of 
you may preserve untarnished and uudimmed that love for the 
flag which called you from your homes to stand under its folds 
amid the sliock of battle and amid dying men. I believe there 
are indications today of a revived love for the flag. I could 
wish tliat no American citizen could look upon it without saluting 
it." 



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THE OLD VERMONT BRIGADE. 

Uostou Couiinou, the scene of so many historic events, addeil 
another notable gathering to the Hst when on Monday evening 
some ."),000 veterans, members of the Old Vermont Brigade, held 
a rennion beneath the elms of Beacon Street mall. Xot only 
were the surviving soldiers of the Brigade there, — members of the 
Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eleventh Kegiments, — 
but veterans of the First, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, T\velfth, Thir- 
teenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Regiments 
of Infantry and of the First Vermont Cavalry were also among the 
assemliled ex-Union soldiers, together with the men who composed 
Staunard's famous Itrigade, who won immortal fame at Gettysburg 
in tlie crisis of that ureat battle. 



General Alger, Mrs. Logan and other notable persons were 
the guests of Salem during the day, and the occasion was one of 
the proudest events in the history of that ancient city. A 
parade, banquet and speeches were included in the progranniie. 

SOME OF TUESDAY'S ATTRACTIONS. 

The events of Tuesday', the official opening day of the Encamp- 
ment, crowded upon one another so thickh" that the veterans at 
times hardly kne^A' which way to turn in order to secure the 
greatest entertainment. There were but few reunions, as the 
parades took up the greater part of the day ; and the reception at 
Mechanics Hall in the evening was too tempting to let slip by, 
to those not weai'ied by the long march. 

THE MAYORS' CLUB RECEPTION. 

Among the leading events of the day was the reception of 
the Mayors' Club in Young's Hotel. The principal guests of the 
evening were President Harrison, Vice-President Morton, Secre- 
taries Proctor, Noble and Rusk, Hon. Warner Miller, Admiral 
Gherardi, Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, General Butler, Judge 
Charles Devens, Private Secretary Halford and visiting mayors 
from many states. 



2(;0 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH , 

Tlu' first speaker was President Harrison, who made the fol- 
lowing remarks : — 

'•'■Mr. President: I wisli only to thank yuu for this cordial 
Aveleome. Being on my feet, T cannot refrain from expressing 
here my deep sense of gratitnde for all the evidence of friendli- 
ness which has been shown me during my brief stay here in 
Boston. The President of the United States, whoever he may 
have been, from the first to the last, has always found in the citi- 
zenship of Massachusetts staunch supporters of the Union and 
Constitution. It has never occurred that he has called upon this 
irreat CommouAvealth for support that it has not been cordially 
and bravely rendered. In this magnificent parade, which we 
have seen today, of the survivors of the Massachusetts regiments 
of the war for the Union, and in this magnificent parade of the 
Sons of Veterans, coming on now to take the fathers' places in 
civil life and to stand, as they were in their day, a l)ulwark of the 
Nation's defence, we have seen a magnificent evidence of what 
Massachusetts has done in defence of the Union and the flag, and 
in these j^oung men a sure promise of what she would again do if 
the exigency should call upon her to give her blood in defence of 
the nation. Let me again cordially thank you for your interest 
and friendliness and bid you good night, and, as I must leave 
you tonight for Washington, to hope that the closing exercises of 
this grand and instructive week may be pleasant, and, as the out- 
come of it all, that there may be rekindled in the hearts of you all^ 
and of these comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, a 
newer love for the flag and for the constitution, and that this may 
all inure to us in social, family and public life." 

President Harrison, Vice-President Morton, the cabinet 
oflicers. Governor Brackett, Mayor Hart and Admiral Gherardi 
then retired to attend the gathering at Mechanics Hall. 

Other addresses were made l)y General Sickles, General 
Butler, Congressman Boutelle of ]Maiue, Honoraltle Warner Mil- 
ler, Colonel vSelfridge of the Charlestowu Navy Yard and Gen- 
eral J. C. Robinson of New York, when the affair came to a 
close. 



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THE KANSAS CAMP-FIRE. 

Ill addition to otlu'i' evening- entertainments, a eanii)-lire was 
held liy the Kansas deh'iiation in INIusie Hall. The attendance 
was not as large as predicted, but what it lacked in iminlters was 
made up in enthusiasm. At the rear of the hall was a mammoth 
flag whieh spanned the entire width of the stage. The portraits 
of Lincoln, Grant and Sheridan were attached to its folds. The 
front of the lower gallery was curtained with maroon velvet and 
spangled with golden stars. The upper tier was treated in the 
same manner, with the exception as to color, which was u pale 
blue. Streamers radiated from the centre of the ceiling to the 
upper coping, and flags were festooned beneath the entablatures. 
Beneath were circuhir shields embellished with stands of colors. 
Uuder the galleries and attached to the pillars were silken banners 
of red, white and blue, and over tlie door-ways were draped the 
National colors. The edge of the overhanging sounding board 
was hung with flags. In the centre of the glowing surroundings 
shone out the stars of the Grand Army badge on a white silk 
field. Portraits of a number of the leading generals of the war 
were placed on the Avails above the upper galleries. 

Among the distinguished citizens of Kansas present upon 
the platform were the following : ex-Governor George T. 
Anthony, Corporal James Tanner, ex-Congressman Louis Hau- 
back. Department Commander Ira Collins, O. II. I>oulter of the 
"Western Veterans of Topeka, Judge (Jeorge Green of 3Ianhattan, 
Thomas J. Anderson, Chief of the Modocs, Colonel U. B. l>rown 
of Concordia, Captain Henry Booth, Past Department Com- 
mander of Kansas and Speaker of the House of Representatives, 
and Frank Aneal, the Artemus Ward of Kansas. 

Department Commamler Collins was the toastmaster of tlie 
evening and addresses were made by ex-Governor Anthony, Cor- 
poral Tanner, Comrade Jack Burst of Illinois and others. The 
musical end of tlie programme was rendered by the famous ^loode 
Club. 

DEPARTURE OF THE PRESIDENT. 

Tresideiit Harrison left Boston for AVashington on tiie New 
York A: New England railroad by special car shortly before mid- 
night. Tliursdav. Governor Brackt^tt and staff and a hii-ue niiin- 



2()2 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

ber of pooplo wore at the depot to bid him farewell, aud as the 
train slowly di'i'w out of the station he stood on the rear platform 
and l»()wed his acknowledgments to the cheers that were accoixled 
liiui. President Harrison had tlie pleasure of being the first Pres- 
ident of the United States paying an official visit to Boston on a 
Government vessel. The (irand Army of the Republic will ever 
feel grateful to him for his aid in the success of the Encampment 
b}'^ lending his official presence to the occasion and for his hearty 
co-opi'ration ^Vlierever and whenevei' i)()ssiltle. 

WEDNESDAY'S FESTIVITIES. 

^Vednesday was the great reunion day, and regiments from 
nearly every state in the Union met in their respective headquar- 
ters in annual session. General Sherman was given a serenade 
at the Vendome in the afternoon by Ransom Post of Missouri, of 
which he is a member, and Cambridge gave Mrs. Mary A. Logan 
a royal reception in the evening. 

RECEPTION BY THE COMMONWEALTH. 

At noon the Commonwealth authorities received and enter- 
tained the visiting governors of the various states at the Ven- 
dome. Secretary Noble represented the National Government. 
Among those present were Governor Brackett and full staff and 
Lieutenant-Governor Haile, Governor Burleigh of Elaine, Gover- 
nor Dillingham and Lieutenant-Governor U. A. ^Voodbury of 
Vermont, Governor Hovey of Indiana, Governor Thayer of 
Nebraska, Mayor Hart, Collector Beard, Attorney- General 
Waterman, General McGinness of Indiana, Major Fred G. King 
of the First Regiment, Governor Bulkeley of Connecticut, Speaker 
Barrett of the House of Representatives, General Banks, Post- 
master Corse aud several members of the State Senate and House, 
includiug Messrs. Donovan of Boston, Barnes of Chelsea and 
Maccabe of East Boston. Of Governor Dillingham's staff these 
gentlemen were presented to Governor Brackett : Quartermaster 
W. II. Gilmore, Adjutant-General T. S. Peck, Colonels C. S. 
Forbes, II. E. Uaylor, L. C. Levens and R. J. Campbell. There 
were present also fi'om the Maple Sugar State : Auditor E. H. 
Powell, Collector (i. (i. Benedict, Department-Commander Z. M. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. It. 2()3 

Mauzur of Island Pond uiul Major L. G. Kiugsley. 'Vhv ouly 
Rhode Island repl'esentative present was Quartermaster-General 
John Dennis. Of Governor Burleitiirs party there were : Lieu- 
tenant-Governor Chase, Colonels W. B. Roberts, M. G. McLean, 
Gil Stormount, C. II. Travis, K. F. Eftennan and Charles II. 
Mej'^ers. Of Governor Bulkeley's company there were : Adjutant- 
General Embler, (Quartermaster-General W. F. Rood, Connnis- 
sary-General E. S. Bass, Paymaster-General Wallace I). Fenn, 
and Colonels William B. Skinner, John Y. Fairman and E. A. 
Bulkeley, the last named a nephew of the governor. 

THE MAINE VETERAN ASSOCIATION. 

.Another important reunion was that given by the Maine 
Veteran Association in Mechanics Hall, during the afternoon. 
The occasion Avas purely informal, and therefore, greatly appre- 
ciated by the veterans of the Pine Tree State. ^lanj' distinguished 
guests were present. Among the most interesting features Avas 
the singing of two original songs to patriotic tunes, composed' by 
"Father Locke," the famous army song writer and lialladist. 
Although seventy-three years of age, he sang with vigor and spirit, 
and was enthusiasticalh' cheered. The addresses were made by 
the venerable Hon. Hannibal Ilandin, Rev. W. W.. Hayward, 
Chaplain of the famous Neal Dow regiment, Governor Ihirleigh, 
Captain J. H. Roberts, Lieutenant Shaw, General CilU-y and 
Brevet Brigadier-General A. B. Spurling. 

THE NAVAL VETERANS' CONVENTION, 

The annual convention of the National Association of Naval 
Veterans was held in Bauta Hall, Washington Street. Delegates 
from the following organizations were there : Farragut Associa- 
tion of Naval Veterans, Cincinnati, Ohio; Farragut Association 
of Providence, Rhode Ishiiid ; Naval Association, Chicago, 
Illinois ; Falls City Naval Association, Louisville, Kentucky ; 
Gulf Naval Veteran Association, New Orleans, Louisiana ; Hart- 
ford Association of Naval Veterans, Hartford, Connecticut ; Essex 
Association, Lawrence, Massachusetts ; Minnesota Association, 
St. Paul, Minnesota ; California Naval Legion, San Francisco, Cali- 
fornia ; Cnshing Association, Milwnukee, Wisconsin; Potomac 



264 UNOFFICIAL PKOCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

Njival Veteran Association, Washington, D. C. ; Kansas Associa- 
tion, Kansas Cit}^, Missouri; Dupont Association, Dayton, Ohio. 

The annual report of the paymaster showed that $196.75 had 
been received from assessments, contriltutions and charters ; and 
the expenditures, $181.60. 

The Secretary reported that associations at Providence, K. I., 
Dayton, Ohio, and Louisville, Kj'., had been chartered during the 
year, and a recommendation was made that a Recording Secretary 
be provided whose duties shall be to keep a record of naval sur- 
vivors and furnish the names of shipmates to all interested persons 
who require them. 

Resolutions were adopted requesting Congress to provide for 
the strict enforcement of a law to compel all steamboat companies 
to carry a sufficient number of competent seamen to assure the 
safety of life and property on the inland lakes. 

The election of officers resulted as follows : Connnodore, 
AVilliam S. Wells of New Haven, Conn. ; Captain, B. S. Osborne 
of New York City ; Commander, E. J. McMahon of New Orleans ; 
Lieutenant, Judge Edward J. Tyrrell of Cincinnati, Ohio ; Second 
Lieutenant, John Driscoll of Milwaukee, Wis. ; Chaplain, Rev. 
Robert Edwards of New York City ; Paymaster, John F. Mackie ; 
Surgeon, Dr. Lorenzo Traver of Providence, R. I. The conven- 
tion then adjourned for one year, the next annual meeting to be 
held at Detroit. 

William S. Wells, who was elected Commodore, has an 
excellent Avar record. He was a Second Assistant Engineer in 
the regular navy from November 18th, 1862, till October 12th 
1870. He served on the celebrated United States man-of-war 
New Ironsides, during every engagement in which the vessel 
participated. He also served a short while in the army previous 
to joiniug the navy. ]Mr. Wells is a resident of New Haven, Conn. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 265 



EVENTS OF THURSDAY. 



One of the events of the Boston Encampment was the recep- 
tion extended to Mrs. Logan b}' Mr. and ]Mrs. D. Lothrop at their 
charming country residence, "The Wayside," Hawthorne's old 
home at Concord. The reception was held on the lawn, and a 
large number of guests were present. 

Hon. John D. Long presided, and delivered a brief felicitous 
address, and remarks were made by other well-known speakers 
also. One of the most interesting features of the entertainment 
was the following note and poem, written in honor of ]\rrs. Logan, 
by the Quaker poet, John Greenleaf Whittier : — 

Eliot. Me., Aug. 1st, 18!)0. 

Dear Jlr. Lothrop : It would give me great pleasure to accept thy 
kind invitation to meet at your 'MVayside" Mrs. Logan, a lady for 
whom I have the liighest respect, not only as regard for lierself per- 
sonally, but as the life companion of a brave and noble man, whose 
memory will be kept green forever in the American heart. 

I cannot be with you on the Uth, owing to my state of health, but 
I send some lines which I hope may not seem inappropriate. 

I am, very truly, thy friend, 

John G. "WnnxiER. 

OUR COUNTRY. 

Our thought of thee is glad with hope, 
Dear country of our love and prayers ! 

Thy way is down no fatal slope. 
But up to freer sun and airs. 

Tried as by furnace fires, and yet 
By God's grace only stronger made. 

In future tasks before thee set 

Thou shalt not lack the old-time aid. 

The fathers sleep, but men remain 
As true and wise and brave as they ; 

"Why count the loss without the gain. 
The best is that Ave have todav. 



2(jtJ UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

No lack Avas in thj' primal stock, 
No Aveakling foiiudors buikled here, 

Tliine were the men of Plymouth Rock, 
The Puritan and Cavalier. 

And they whose firm endurance gained 
The freedom of the souls of men, 

"Whose hands unstained, in peace maintained 
The swordless Commonwealth of Penn. 

And thine shall be the power of all 
To do the woi'k that duty bids ; 

And make the people's council hall 
As lasting as the pyramids. 

Thy lesson all the Avorld shall learn, 
The nations at thy feet shall sit ; 

Earth's farthest mountain tops shall burn 
With watch-fires from thine own uplit. 

Great, Avithout seeking to be great 
B.y fraud or conquest — rich in gold, 

But richer in the large estate 

Of Airtue Avhich thy children hold. 

With peace that comes of purity, 
And strength to simple justice due, 

So oAA^ns our loyal dream of thee, 
God of our fathers ! make it true. 

Oh, Land of lands ! to thee aa'C giA'e 
Our loA'e, our trust, our serAace free ; 

For thee thy sons shall nobly IIa'c, 
And at thy need shall die for thee ! 



THE LOYAL LEGION EXCURSION. 

An excursion was given on the steamer Xcaa' York to the 
visiting members of tlie Loyal Legion, at tliree o'clock in the 
afternoon, by the Massachusetts Commandery. There were a 
■thousand members of the Order, Avith their friends, on board, and 
a most delightful trip was made doAvn the harbor. A landing Avas 
made at Fort Warren, Avhere the guests AA-ere received and shoAA'u 
al)out by the Commander. The steamer then skirted along the 
Hull shore, past Boston Liglit, and returned to her moorings at 
six o'clock. 



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OFFICIAL CLOSING DAY. 



Friday was devoted, chiefly, to packing knapsacks preparatory 
to making a retreat for honu', l)y the veterans who Avere not 
booked for one of the various excnrsions. It was also a (hiy for 
reunions and for the closing receptions given the l\)sts quartered 
outside the city. During the afternoon and evening extra trains 
were sent out from all the railroad stations for the Xorth. South 
and AVest. 

THE EVOLUTIONS OF THE NAVAL SQUADRON. 

Although the Encampment was otiicially closed Friday noon, 
the real ending of Boston's great holidaj^ week was not until the 
close of 8aturda3% which was given up to excursions and pleasures 
of every nature. 

The chief event of the day was the evolutions of the naval 
squadron in l^oston Harbor. The fleet consisted of the York- 
town, Dolphin, Petrel, Kearsarge and the wonderful little torpedo 
boat, Cushing. 

It was inspiring to witness the naval tactics of the great war 
ships, to see the Cushing move swiftly through the water, and to 
hear the broadsides fired by the fleet. The steamer New York 
carried a majority of the Grand Arm}- leaders and otHcial guests, 
and the expressions of delight heard on every side would have 
well repaid the connnandauts of the cruisers for the efforts they 
were making to please the veterans, could they have been heard. 
As it was, their pleasure Avas manifested by the sounding of 
whistles, the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, and resonant 
cheers . 

Thousands of people gathered on the beaches in the hope that 
they might be able to witness the evolutions of the Avhite fleet. 
At the close of the manieuvres the cruisers steamed away, under 
orders, to other posts, and Boston Harbor assumed its accustomed 
appearance. 



2G8 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY- FOURTH 

AN EXCURSION ON THE NEW YORK. 

.Viiother happy closing-day event was the excursion down 
the harljor on the steamboat New York, tendered to the Grand 
Army delegates and invited guests, which included not only the 
beautiful scenery along the shore, but the witnessing of the 
evolutions of the white fleet. 

An interesting episode was the discovery of Comrade W. H. 
Beaslee of Ithaca, Mich., who could not help feeling that he was 
uo stranger to the steamer. He hunted up the chief engineer and 
ascertained that the New York was the truce boat in 1864, that 
carried three lots of exchanged prisoners of war from City Point, 
Va., to Annapolis, Md. Comrade Beaslee was one of those 
exchanged prisoners, and he pointed out, with great enthusiasm, 
the exact spot where he slept on the steamer's deck. Colonel 
Thomas B. Rodgers, Assistant Adjutant-General of the Depart- 
ment of ^Missouri, who was also on the excursion, was equally 
demonstrative, as he, too, was one of the exchanged prisoners on 
board the New York, only with another lot from that of Comrade 
Beaslee. 

On the return trip, remarks of a felicitous nature were made 
by General Alger, Comrade Goodale and others ; and the singing 
of war songs added to the enjoyment of the occasion. 

THE WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS EXCURSION. 

Members of the Woman's Relief Corps, to the number of five 
hundred, representing every state in the Union except Alabama and 
South Carolina, passed their last day in Massachusetts l)y taking 
an excursion to Nahant, where the beauties of that charming 
resort were enjoyed until three o'clock, when carriages were taken 
for Lynn, where a reception was tendered the visitors in the hall 
of General Lander Post 5, by the Relief Corps of that Post. 

Addresses were made by Mrs. Mudgett, Mrs. Parker, ]\[rs. 
McIIenry, ]Mrs. Turner, JNIrs. \yittenmyer, Comrade Barker, 
Comrade Xnn Der Voort and others, after which there was a ban- 
quet and more speechmaking. 'I'lie ladies returned to Boston at 
six o'clock. 



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The evenin<i' trains were crowded Avitli departing veterans and 
ladies of the Kelief Corps. At midnight nearl}' all were home- 
ward bound, the sounds of martial nuisic had ceased, and the 
gi'eatest Encampment ever known in the history of the Grand 
Army of the Republic Mas at an end. 



A FEW LITTLE INCIDENTS OF TME ENCAMPMENT. 

The Encampment was replete with incidents both amusing 
and pathetic, which, owing to the great mass of features crowding 
on one another in such rapidity, were lost sight of for the time 
being, but will ever be I'ehearsed by tlie veterans under whose 
notice the}' occurred. 

An enormous canteen was carried in the parade liy Fors^'th 
Post of Toledo, Ohio. It was made of copper, taken from the 
copper mines of Michigan, and was presented to the Post by 
Fairbanks Post of Detroit, Mich. Upon the inside of the can- 
teen, which opened by hinges in the centre, were fine old oil 
paintings illustrative of army life. 

A pathetic incident was the return of the Bible of Richard 
Thurston, l.')th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, who 
was killed at the battle of Fredericksburg, to his aged mother, 
at Leominster, Mass. A Confederate soldier picked up the IMble 
on the battlefield, and in the winter of 188'J gave it to l\)st 4 of 
Baltimore, Md. That Post learned, through Adjutant-General 
Dalton, that Mrs. Thurston was still alive, and In'ought the 
precious book with them to the Encampment and presented it to 
the rightful owner. 

It is estimated that there Avere aliout three thousand five 
hundred fakirs about the city during the week. In the disposal 
of permits for booths on Boston Common, Mayor Hart invariably 
gave the preference to Grand Array veterans, an act of kindness 
which will be remembered. 

Comrade McCrillis of Skowhegan, Me., who attended the 
Encampment, was one of the oldest veterans present. 

G. W. Sutherland of Clintonville, Wis., who, in a trapper's 
garb, carried the live liadger with the Wisconsin delegation, 
organized the only Indian Post in the Avorld, which now numbers- 
forty-five men. It is known as the Keshona Post. 



270 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

In many cases it was an easy matter to ascertain from what 
state the veterans hailed. For instance : The Maine bo^'s wore a 
pine cone on the lapel of their coats, the Texas veterans a tuft of 
cotton and the Connecticut delegation a \vooden nutmeg. 

Comrade Josiah 0. Fuller of Post GG, Medford, met with a 
vei'v peculiar incident dai'ing the Encampment. 

lie was one of the little band of abolitionists who went to 
Kansas in lS.o4 for the avowed purpose of freeing that state 
from tlie blight of slavery. He passed through man}' thrilling 
experiences during the exciting days of "Bleeding Kansas," and 
two years later was cast into prison at Lecompton, as a result of 
refusing to assist in the enforcement of the fugitive slave law at 
Lawrence. One night, while in confinement at the court house, 
which served as a prison, six ruffians, who were playing cards in 
the room, learned that he was an "abolitionist preacher," and 
hung him to the rafters. He was left for dead on the floor, but 
was awakened to consciousness by the kicks of his jailor. As 
one hanging was considered sufficient, Mr. Fuller was allowed to 
depart, which he lost no time in doing. But he was heard from 
again as a Union soldier and did good service during the war. 

At the Encampment in" Boston, Comrade Fuller received an 
invitation to join in the Grand Army delegates excursion down 
the harbor, but he arrived at the wharf just as the steamer had 
left her mooring. 01)serving two colored men on the wharf, he 
approached them, and seeing b}- the little brown button they 
wore that they were Grand Army boys, he engaged them in con- 
versation. What was Mr. Fuller's surprise when he learned that 
one of these comrades was an attendant at his church while 
preaching at Boonsville, Mo., in 18.>0, and also that the man was 
one of the slaves whom he set free in l'S()2. The scene was 
a touching one as they indulged in reminiscences of the past, and 
will never be forgotten b}- the two veterans. Comrade Fuller is 
now seventy-three years of age and is still l)rimful of patriotism 
and love for the old flag. He marched with his Post during the 
entire parade. 



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GENERAL ORDERS 

PERTAINING TO isiK) ENCAMPMENT. 



The following general orders were issued from the head- 
quarters at Detroit, in eouuectiou with the Twentj^-fourth National 

P^ncampnient : — 

General Okdehs, \ 
No. 7. i 

Headquarteus Grand Army of the REruisLic, 
Detroit, ]Mich., Dec. 3, ISSy. 
The time for holding the Tweiity-foxirth National Encampment at 
Boston, Mass., has been fixed for the second week in August, beginning 
with the parade on Tuesday, August 12th. 

By order of 

R. A. Alger, 
Commander-in-Chief. 
Geo. H. Hopkins, 

Adjii t ant- Gen era I . 



General Orders, ) 
No. 17. / 

Headquarters Grand Army of the Eepublic, 
Detroit, Mich., July 19, 1890. 

I. The Commander-in-Chief hereby announces that the parade of 
the Grand Army of the Republic, at the TAventy-fourth National 
Encampment, will take place at Boston, on Tuesdaj', August 12th. 1890. 

II. The headcjuarters of the Connnander-in-Chief will be estab- 
lished at the Hotel Vendome on Commonwealth Avenue, at 9 a.m., at 
which hour all departments will form in their designated positions, and 
the columns will move at 10.30 a. m., over the following route : — 

Commonwealth Avenue (south side) to Arlington Street, thence 
via Boylston Street. Huntington Avenue, Dartmouth Street. Columbus 
Avenue, West Chester Park and Square (south side), Washington 
Street, Hanover Street, and dismiss corner of Washington and Hanover 
Streets. 



272 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

III. The formation of the line -will be in the Park on Common-wealth 
Avenue, the right resting at the corner of West Chester Park (south 
side) and extending to Arlington Street. Departments will take posi- 
tions in line in order of senioritj' of date of charter, and form in single 
rank, platoons of twelve files front, closed en masse. Detailed order 
will be issued later from these headquarters, giving exact position of 
each department, which will be designated by flags. 

IV. Department Commanders will at once report to these head- 
quarters the approximate number of men who Avill be present from 
their respective departments. 

V. Department Commanders and staffs will be mounted, if 
possible. Mounted Posts will parade with their own departments, their 
place of rendezvous to be designated hereafter, but at places where 
they can fall in in their proper places in the column. 

VI. Organizations other than the Grand Army of the Republic 
will follow the Grand Army of the Republic in the following order : — 

All associations of Naval Veterans, regimental and other military 
associations, camps of Sons of Veterans. 

VII. All naval associations will form on Arlington Street, and 
extending south. Regimental and other military associations will form 
on the left of the naval associations. Sons of Veterans will form on 
Marlboro Street, right resting on Arlington Street and extending south. 

VIII. Carriages Avith crippled veterans will form on Beacon 
Street, in double line on street curbs, right resting on Arlington Street, 
and extending south, and will move into position on the left of the 
column of the Grand Army of the Republic. 

IX. Each department will parade as a division under command of 
its department commander. Naval associations will parade as a division 
under a commander to be designated by the Commander-in-Chief in 
later orders. Regimental and other military associations will parade as 
a division under similar orders. Sons of Veterans will form as a 
division under command of the ranking officer of their order present. 
Column of crippled veterans in carriages will be in charge of an officer 
who will be designated by the Commander-in-Chief in later orders. 

X. The Massachusetts Department, being the entertaining Depart- 
ment, will take position on the left of the column of the Departments of 
the Grand Army of the Republic. 

By order of 

R. A. Algek, 

Commander-i)i-Chicf. 
Geo. II. IIoi'KiNS, 

Adjutaiit-Ge)i('rnl . 



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273 



General Ohdeks, \ 

No. 18. J 

Headqi'artkks Grand Akmy of the Kei'ublic, 
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 2, 1800. 

In couipliance Avith General Orders No. 17, the position of the 
various Departments in the parade on Tuesday, August 12th, aauII be as 
follows : From right to left, forming according to date of permanent 
organization as shoAvn liereAvith. with the exception of Massachusetts, 
whicli Avill take left of the Grand Army of tlic Eepuljlic division. 



Department. 

Illinois 

Wisconsin 

Fennsjivania 

Ohio 

New York 

Connecticut 

New Jersey 

Maine 

California 

llhode Island 

Xew Hampshire 

Vermont 

Potomac 

Virginia 

Maryland 

Nebraska 

Michigan 

Iowa 

Indiana 
♦Colorado and Wyomin 

Kansas 

Delaware 

[Minnesota 

Missouri 

Oregon 

I\entncky 

West Virginia 
* South Dakota 

Washington and Alaska 

Arkansas 



of permanent organization . 
July 12, 1866. 
Sept. 7, 18G6. 
Jan. 16, 1867. 
Jan. 80, 1867. 
April 3, 1867. 
April 11, 1867. 
Dec. 10, 1867. 
Jan. 10, 1868. 
Feb. 20, 1868. 
March 21r, 1868. 
April 30, 1SG8. 
Oct. 23, 1868. 
Feb. 11, 1869. 
1871. 
Jan. 9, 1876. 
June 11, 1877. 
Jan. 22, 1879. 
Jan. 23, 1879. 
Oct. 3, 1879. 
Dec. 11, 1879. 
March 16, 1880. 
Jan. 14, 1881. 
Aug. 17, 1881. 
April 22, 1882. 
Sept. 28, 1882. 
Jan. 17, 1883. 
Feb. 20, 1883. 
Feb. 27, 1883. 
June 20, 1883. 
July 11, 1883. 



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Department. 
New Mexico 
Utah 

Tennessee 

♦Louisiana and Mississippi 
Florida 
Texas 
Montana 
Idaho 
Arizona 
Georgia 
Alabama 
North Dakota 
Indian Territory and Oklahoma 
Massachusetts 



Date of permanent organization. 
July 14, 1883. 
Oct. 19, 1883. 
Feb. 26, 1884, 
May 15, 1884. 
June 19, 1884. 
March 25, 1885. 
March 25, 1886. 
Sept 1, 1887. 
Sept. 10, 1887. 
Jan. 25, 1889. 
March 12, 1889. 
April 23, 1890. 
Aug. 7, 1890 
May 7, 1867. 



*As Department of the Mountains ; name changed to Colorado, 
July 31, 1882; name changed to Colorado and Wyoming, August 28, 
1886. 

*As Department of Dalcota; name changed to South Dakota, April 
11, 1890. 

*As Department of the Gulf ; name changed to Louisiana and 

Mississippi, June 13, 1888. 

In issuing this order the Commander-in-Chief does not intend to 

prejudice the rights of any Department in its claims for seniority, but 

follows the records as found in the Adjutant-General's office and given 

above. 

By order of 

R. A. Alger, 

Commander-in- Chief. 
Geo. H. Hopkins, 

Adjutant- Generah 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 275 



Gexkral Oudeus ) 
No. 19. / 

IlEADCiUAIMKltS Gl{AXl> ARMY OK TIIK ReITULIC, 

Boston, Mass., Aug. 11, 18i)0. 

I. Ileadquarters Grand Army of the Republic are hereby estab- 
lished at Hotel Veiidome, Room 10, where all Department Commanders 
will report, either by person or by staff officer, immediately on arrival in 
Boston. 

II. Department Commanders will obtain at these headquarters a 
map showing the position of each Department in the formation of the 
column for parade on Commonwealth Avenue. Coming into position on 
Commonwealth Avenue, they will move on streets parallel to it until 
nearly opposite their proper places. They will have their respective 
■commands in position at 9.30 a.m., Aug. 12th, without further instruc- 
tions. In order to do this Avithout friction or blockade. Department 
Commanders should at once make themselves familiar with the forma- 
tion of column, and personally visit the localities designated, and the 
approaches to the same. 

III. All Departments will take their positions on the north side 
of Commonwealth Avenue, which will be indicated by a white flag 
bearing the name of the Department, and be posted where the left of the 
Department will rest. The right of each Department will l)e indicated 
by a red tlag similarly inscribed, and will be posted on the south side of 
Commonwealth Avenue. 

IV. Platoons, when forming previous to the march, will be closed 
■en masse on the lanes facing south. 

V. Between Departments, sixty feet; between Posts, twenty feet. 
Comrades will march in platoons of twelve, single rank, with intervals 
of eight feet. 

. VI. The column will march guide left, except when approaching 
the revieAving stands the guides Avill be changed to right, and when 
Avithin six paces thereof the commanding officers of Departments and 
Posts Avill salute. 

VII. The Presidential reviewing stand will be located at Copley 
Square, and will be designated by the national colors and the President's 
flag. 

VIII. The Commander-in-Chief will review the column at Adams 
Square. 

IX. After passing the Comuiander-in-Chief in review. Depart- 
ments will march under the grand arch and be dismissed, taking streets 
which will enable them so to do most expeditiously and without block- 
ing the column in rear. 

By order of 

R. A. Aegku, 
Geokgk H. Hopkins, Commander-in-Chief. 

Adjutant-General. 



276 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TAVENTY-FOUKTH 



The appended circular has been issued from headquarters of the 
Grand Army of the Kepublic : — 

WORK FOR THE DELEGATES. 

CllJCULAK. 

Office of the Adjutant Genekal. 
Headquarters Grand Army of the Republic, 
Detroit, Mich., July 14th, 1890. 

Proposed alterations and amendments to the Rules and Regulations 
and Ritual. 

In accordance with a resolution adopted by the National Encamp- 
ment, June 13th, 1889, the following proposed amendments to the Rules 
and Regulations, which have been received to date, are brought to the 
attention of the members of the Twenty-fourth National Encampment, 
to be held at Boston, Mass., Aug. 13th, 1890 : — 

I. Presented by the Department of the Potomac : Strike out the 
word "Northern" on line 22, page 37, of the service book, and insert in 
lieu thereof the word "National," so that as amended it will read, — 
"whereby today our national homes are secure," etc. 

II. Presented by the Department of Kansas : 

1. That Article VI., Chapter V., Rules and Regulations, be amended 
so as to provide for that class of comrades created by Section 3 of said 
article, to be known as "retired members." 

2. That Section 3, of Article IV., be amended to read as follows : — 
Section 3. Any member of a Post who is six months in arrears in 

the payment of his dues shall be notified thereof in Avritiug by the Post 
Quartermaster ; and if the same are not paid within tAvo months there- 
after, he may be suspended from all privileges of membership by vote of 
the Post, and be then so reported in the quarterly report to Department 
Headquarters until such dues are paid. While so suspended the Post 
shall not be subject to the per capita tax of such member, and he shall 
not be counted in the representation of tlie Post in the Encampment of 
the Department, nor of the Department in the National Encampment. 

3. That the following be adopted as a part of Article IV., of Chapter 
v.. Rules and Regulations : 

4. That hereafter, Avhen any comrade of the Grand Army of the 
Republic shall become unable to pay his annual dues to his Post, and shall 
ask to have the same remitted, he may be placed upon the retired list 
of said Post by a majority vote of those present. 

5. The retired list shall include all members Avho voluntarily ask 
to have their dues remitted because of their inability to pay the same ; 
and all such comrades shall have and retain all the rights and privileges 
accorded to other members of the Order. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 277 

C>. Whenever a comrade is in arrears for dues for six montlis, lie 
shall he so reported h.v the Post Quartermaster, and shall be notified by- 
printed or written notice, and shall have sixty days thereafter in which 
to pay said dues before he shall be considered as eli,<>-ible to ])c placed on 
the retired list, or suspended under provision of Section :], Article IV., 
Chapter Y., Rules and Regulations, as the Post may elect. 

7. Pefore any comrade may be placed on tlie retired list, as pro- 
vided in Section -t of this Article, he shall make application in person, by 
letter, or through a comrade of his Post in good standing, stating that 
he is unable to pay his dues. 

8. Whenever a comrade desires to be transferred from the retired 
to active membership in the Post, he will be so transferred upon pay- 
ment of dues of six months in advance, and the Quartermaster shall so 
report him to his Post, and inform the Adjutant that such comrade is 
re-instated. 

'J. The Adjutant and Quartermaster shall keep a roster of all com- 
rades on the retired list; and all transfers from the retired list shall be 
made by majority vote of the members present and voting at any regular 
meeting. 

10. Returns and reports to the Assistant Quartermaster-General 
and the Assistant Quartermaster shall include the enumeration of each 
class separately ; and the Post shall pay per capita tax to tlie Department, 
and the Department to the National Encampment, only upon the active 
membership, as shown by such reports. 

11. Members of the retired list shall be entitled to the Post and 
National countersign, and may be transferred or discharged; or, when a 
travellery is issued, the following shall be written on the margin thereof : 
"Retired." 

12. The Commander-in-Chief shall, within thirty days after the 
adoption of these amendments, issue a General Order containing a full 
text thereof; and he shall also issue an amnesty order, declaring all 
members of the Grand Army of the Republic heretofore suspended or 
dropped for non-payment of dues to be eligible to re-instatement upon 
tlie retired list of the Post of Avhich they were members when so sus- 
pended or dropped, by making formal applications for that purpose; 
provided, that no suspended or dropped member shall be re-instated to 
the active lists of his former, or any other Post, except as provided in 
Section 13 ; and provided further, that re-instatement to the active list 
shall be Ity l)all ballot, the same as for a recruit. 

18. Whenever a dropped or suspended member of any Post has 
removed to another locality or Department, or in case the Post of which 
he was a member when dropped or suspended has ceased to exist, he 
may become a member of the retired list of any other Post, ui)on satis- 
factory proofs that no charges were pending against him in his former 
Post and that his Post has ceased to exist ; provided, that in all such 
cases a sum not less than the regular fee shall accompany the application. 



278 LN'OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

U. That Section 4, of Article V., be ainended so far as to read : 
Section 14. If a member of a Post shall be one year in arrears 
for dues, he shall be notified thereof in Avriting, by the Post Quarter- 
master; and, on failure for two months thereafter to pay such dues, he 
may, by vote of the Post, be dropped from the rolls unless relieved from 
such payment as provided in Section 4 of this Article, and can be re- 
instated to membership on the retired list as provided, and from that to 
the active lists provided in Section 8 of this Article. 

III. The Department of Kansas at their last annual Encanii)ment 
adopted a resolution, recommending that Post surgeons Avho are physi- 
cians be admitted to a seat and a vote at Department Encampments, and 
that medical directors be admitted to seats in the National Encampment. 

IV. Presented by the Department of Georgia : 

1. Itesolved, That, in the opinion of the comrades of the Depart- 
ment of Georgia, the changes made in the Ritual by the committee ■which 
reported at the National Encampment of 1888, were, in many instances, 
for the worse, and that much of the beauty and impressiveness of the 
previous ceremony, particularly in the charge, has been taken away and 
nothing added. 

2. BesoJved, That the National Encampment be requested at its 
next meeting to appoint a ne^v Committee on Ritual, who shall endeavor 
from the old and new Rituals to devise a still newer one, Avhich shall 
meet with more general approval. 

V. Presented by the Department of Illinois : 

1. In Section 5, Article II., Chapter II., of the Rules and Regula- 
tions, there is a clause that reads as follows : " He shall not be eligiljle to 
membership in any Post without the consent, by a two-thirds vote, of 
the Post rejecting him." 

VI. Presented by the Department of ^Massachusetts : 

1. Itesolved, That the delegates and representatives from this 
Department to the next National Encampment be, and they are hereby, 
instructed to vote to eliminate Paragraph 3, Section 1, Article II., Chap- 
ter IV., of the Rules and Regulations, and that hereafter no comrade 
shall have voice nor vote in the National Encampment without corre- 
sponding responsibility to the Department in which he holds membership. 

2. Itesolved, That the Ritual of the Grand Army of the Republic 
be restored as it was before the last amendments. 

VII. Presented by the Department of Minnesota: 

1. In Article III., Chapter III., prefix the words "Ex-offlcio members 
of the Department Encampment cannot be represented by proxies ; but 
any elected representative of a Post may, in the absence of alternate, ^be 
represented in such Encampment by a proxy in the hands of any repre- 
sentative of the Post who is present." 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 279 

VIII. Presented by Past Commancler-in-Cliief Robert B. Beath : 

1. To amend Section 1, Article VII., Chapter II., by adding after 
the title " Q. M. Sergeant" in second paragraph, "and may remove the 
ofRcer.s so appointed at his pleasui'e." 

2. To amend Section 3, Article VI., Chapter V., by striking out 
all the words "their respective jurisdictions," and insert "provided, 
that Department officers designated in Section G, Article IV, Chapter 
III., other than the Commander, shall only be tried bj' courts ordered by 
the Department Commander, or Commander-in-Chief ; and the Depart- 
ment Commander and the General officers designated in Section 2, Article 
IV., Chapter IV., other than the Commauder-iu-Chief, shall only be tried 
by courts ordered by the Commander-in-Chief." 

IX. Presented by the Department of Illinois : 

Amend Section 5, Article II., Chapter II., to read as follows : — 
Sect. 5. If any applicant be rejected, his admission fee shall be 
returned, and he shall not be eligible to admission to the Grand Army of 
the Republic iintil six months after such rejection. A second, and all 
subsequent applications, shall be in the same form, and subject to the 
same conditions as the first. 

X. From the Department of New York : 

A request that -the present ritual be changed to the form as it ex- 
isted prior to January 1, 1889. 

(Signed) Geokge II. Hopkixs, 

Adjuta n t- Ge nera I . 



2)^0 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 



COMMAXDER-IN-CHIEF VEAZEY'S FIEST ORDERS. 

Conimander-iu-Chief Veazey, Grand Army of the Republic, issued 
the following as his first order to the comrades of the Grand Army of 
the Republic : — 

General Orders \ 
No. 1. i 

Headquarters Grand Army of the Republic, 

Boston, Aug. 1-i, 1890. 

Having been elected Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the 
Republic by the Twenty-fourth National Encampment, held in Boston, 
Mass., Aug. 1.3th and 14th, 1890, I desire to express my appreciation of 
the confidence reposed in me by the comrades of the Encampment. 

Other comrades, except the Council of Administration, Avere elected 
to the respective offices designated as follows : — 

Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief, Richard F. Tobin of South Bos- 
ton ; Junior Yice-Commander-in-Chief , George B. Creamer of Baltimore, 
Md. ; Surgeon-General, Benjamin F. Stevens, Cynthiana, Ky. ; Chaplaiu- 
in-Chief , Mj^ron W. Reed of Denver, Col. 

The following appointments upon the staft' of the Commander-in- 
Chief are hereby announced : — 

Adjutant-General, Comrade Joseph H. Gonlding of Rutland, Vt. ; 
Quartermaster-General, Comrade John Taylor of Philadelphia, Pa. 

The headquarters of the Grand Army are hereby established at 
Rutland, Vt. 

Announcement of the Council of Administration elected, and further 
appointments upon the staff', will be made in subsequent order. 

"Wheelock G. A'eazey. 

Commander-in-Chief. 
Official : J. H. Goulding, 

Adjutant- General. 



NATIONAL EN'CAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 281 



AN IMPORTANT ORDER. 

General Orders ) 
No. 3. j" 

IIkadqu.\rter.s Grand Army of hie Repurlic, 
Rutland, Vt., Sept. 24, 1890. 
I. The foUoAving Ainendments to the Rules and Regulations 
adopted hj the Twenty-fourth National Encampment at Boston, Mass., 
are published for the information of the order : — 

Section 5, Article II., Chapter II., to read as follows : 
Section 5. If any applicant be rejected, his admission fee shall be 
returned and he shall not be eligible to admission to the Grand Army of 
the Republic until six months after such rejection. He shall, after 
the expiration of that time, be eligible to membership in any Tost upon 
filing with his application a statement in Avriting from the Post which 
rejected him, as to the fact of such rejection. A second and all subse- 
quent applications shall be in the same form and subject to the same 
conditions as the first. 

Section 1, Article VII., Chapter II., to read as follows: 
Section 1. The Post officers (the Adjutant, Sergeant-Major and 
Quartermaster excepted) shall be elected at the first stated meeting in 
December, by ballot, unless a ballot be dispensed Avith by unanimous 
consent. They shall be installed in their respective offices at the first^ 
stated meeting in January following. At the installation of officers the 
Post Commander shall appoint the Adjutant, and, upon the recommen- 
dation of the Adjutant and Quartermaster respectivel3S he shall also 
appoint the Sergeant-Major and the Quartermaster-Sergeant, and may 
remove these officers at his pleasure. They shall enter upon their duties 
at once; and all officers, whether elected or appointed, shall hold offices 
until their successors are installed ; and such installation may be con- 
ducted publicly at a special meeting to be lield for that purpose, when no 
part of the opening or closing services or signs of recognition shall 
be used. 

Section 3, Article IV., Chapter V., to read as follows : — 
Section 3. All accusations shall be made in the form of charges 
and specifications, and shall be tried by courts-martial. Courts-martial 
may be ordered by the Commanders of Posts or of Departments, or by 
the Comnninder-in-Chief. for the trial of oftlcers in their respective 
jurisdictions, provided that Department officers designated in Section 
2, Article IV., Chapter IV., other than the Commander-in-Chief, shall 
only be tried by courts ordered by the Commander-in-Chief. 



282 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

II. The following change in the service-book was adopted by the 
Encampment, viz. : In line 22, page 37, strike out the word " Northern." 

III. The Encampment voted to restore to use the Ritual as it was 
before the last amendments, and a new copy will be at once prepared and 
Avill be ready for distribution so as to go into eflect June 1, 1891. It 
maj' be obtained, free of cost, from the Quartermaster-General, upon 
requisition to be made by the several Assistant Quartermasters- 
General of Departments. 

IV. The committee on revision of the " Blue Book," appointed at 
the last Encampment, consists of comrades — 

Past Commander-in-Chief, Robert S. Beath of Philadelphia, Pa. 
Past Commander-in-Chief, S. S. Burdette of Washington, D. C. 
Past Judge Advocate-General, 1). R. Austin of Toledo, 0. 
Past Department Commander, J. W. O'Neal of Lebanon, O. 
Past Department Commander, H. M. Duffleld, Detroit, M'~' 

V. The Encampment also voted that semi-annual reporto only will 
be required of Department and Post Officers hereafter. This regulation 
Avill also take eflect Jan. 1, 1891, and the usual reports will therefore 
be required for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 1890. Every eftbrt shall be 
made to render these reports promptly. 

Assistant Adjutants-General of Departments will consolidate their 
reports to these headquarters as provided by the regulations, within 
twenty days from the end of the quarter for which they are made. A 
record will be kept showing the dates upon which the several Depart- 
ments made their reports. 

VI. Department Commanders Avill recommend comrades for 
appointment as Aide de-Camp upon the staff of the Commander-in-Chief 
upon a basis of one for each one thousand members in good standing, 
and one additional for a final fraction of more than five hundred. As 
a rule comrades should be selected who have been active, working mem- 
bers of the Order and whose appointment will conduce to its efficiency 
and strength. The object sought is not only to honor the individual but 
to also secure competent aids, in fact as well as in name, whose exer- 
tions may help the order in its onward march, and through whom the 
Commander-in-Chief may have knowledge of its needs and progress. 

By command of 

W. G. Veazey, 

Commander-in- Chief. 

J. II. GOULDIXG, 

Adjtitant-General. 




Richard F. Tobin, 

SENIOR VICE-COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF G. A. R., 1891. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 283 



RICHARD F. TOBIN. 



NOVEMBER 22, 1890. 



RICHARD F. TOBIN, Senior Vice-Coinmauder-iu-Chief of the 
Graud Army of the Repubhc, died at his home in South 
Bostou, Saturday, November 22, 1890, at 4.15 o'clock in the 
morning. His death was caused from nervous prostration, brought 
on by overwork, and valvular troultle of the heart, complicated 
with Bright's disease. 

The news of the death of "Dick" Tobin, as he was familiarly 
known, cast a gloom not only over the city of Boston, but among 
his vast number of friends both in and outside the ranks of the 
Grand Army. For several months it was known to many that 
Captain Tobin was by no means a well man. He had been 
repeatedly advised to take a rest, but his invariable answer was 
that he could not be happy unless he was busy. 

During the Encampment he labored day and night, and no 
small share of its success is attributable to his indefatigable work 
toward that end. He was a member of the Executive Com- 
mittee and chairman of the Committee on Decorations. His 
co-laborers will remember his pale face at the Encampment 
headquarters on Beacon Street, how it would light up with 
enthusiasm as he unfolded plan after plan which would add to the 
enjoyment and pleasure of Boston's honored guests. 

Immediately after the Encampment, Captain Tobin, acting 
upon the advice of his physician, made a visit to Vermont ; but 
the air there being too bracing for his constitution, he was forced 
to return after a few days. Earl}' in October he took to his bed. 
Day by day he grew weaker and his life slowly ebbed away. He 
bore his illness with that fortitude and patience which always 
characterized his life, and apparently did not realize that his end 



2.S4 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

was near. At four o'clock ou the morning of the da}- of his death 
he seemingly dropped into a doze. Ilis wife spoke to him, but 
received no response. His children were immediately summoned 
to the bedside : and then, surrounded by those whom he most loved 
in life, he passed away. 

HIS EVENTFUL CAREER. 

Richard F. Tobin was born in Boston, November 20, 1844. 
At the early age of seventeen he mastered the iron moulder's 
trade, which he carried ou in his after life, with the exception 
of the period of his war service and those of his holding ollicial 
positions. He was but a boy when the war broke out. When 
the call for three mouths' men was issued, a company was formed 
in Cambridge and ordered to report at Faneuil Hall. Tobin left 
his work one afternoon and attempted to enter the hall, but Avas 
refused admittance, and it was only by a wonderful display of 
j'outhful strategy that he succeeded in his purpose. It was not 
five minutes after he entered the hall before he was an enlisted 
man in the United States service. 

Young Tobin was doomed to disappointment, however, as 
within twent^^-four liours his company was disbanded and he was 
ordered home. Although under age, he managed to enlist in the 
navy, and was assigned to duty on botird the sloop Preble. After 
the destruction of that vessel, he was transferred to the frigate 
Potomac, and afterwards to the gunboat Pinola, all of which 
rendered effective service under Admiral Farragut, in the West 
Gulf squadron. 

Tobin filled many ottiees of trust and honor. He was 
assistant engineer of the Cambridge fire department and a mem- 
ber of the Cambridge city council. In 1884 he was elected to 
the IVIassachusetts Legislature as a Republican. He failed to 
secure a Republican nomination, but ran as an Independent can- 
didate, and was elected. AVhile a representative he favored and 
worked for the soldiers' exemption bill and other measures for 
the benefit of the veterans. 

Comrade Tobin joined Post 7 of Boston about twelve years 
previous to his death, but was transferred to Post 30 of Cam- 



NATIONAL ENCAMTMEXT OF THE G. A. K. 285 

bridge shorth' after, in which he was an active and interested 
worker. The following year he transferred his membership to 
Dahlgren Post 2 of South Boston, and lie was in that Post at the 
time of his death. 

In 188G he was chosen Commander of the Department of 
Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic, and Senior Vice- 
Commander of the National body at the Boston Encampment of 
180(1, being the nominee of ^lassachusetts for that high honor. 

In 1887 he was appointed one of the tire commissioners of 
Boston, a position which he held at the time of his death. He 
was an active and hard worker in everything with which he was 
connected, and was successful in all. He left a widow and seven 
children. 



GENERAL ORDERS ISSUED. 

The folloAvini;; General Orders were issued immediateh' after 
Captain Tobin's death : — 
Gexkrai. Ordkhs ) 

No. 9. y 

IIr.Ai)QUAi:TEi;s Grand Aioiy of the REPrBi.ic. 
Rutland, Vt., Nov. 12, 1890. 

I. It is the sad duty of the Commander-in-Chief to annonnce that 
Comrade Richard F. Tobin, Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief , elected at tlie 
Twenty-fourth National Encampment at Boston, in August last, died at 
his home in South Boston this morning, passing away from this world 
of shadows before daybreak to the land of cloudless skies and never- 
ending day : " for there shall be no night there." 

A gallant young sailor in the navy under Farragut ; an able and 
accomplished official of his native state and city ; a Avorthj' comrade 
from his entry as a recruit; a distinguished Commander of his Depart- 
ment in 1886, and fitlj' chosen to the high office from which he has been 
mustered out by death. Comrade Tobin was universally and justly loved, 
trusted and honored, and his record will be a fair and spotless escutcheon 
to all coming time. BraAe, true, loj'al and sincere, we all mourn his 
death. Born November 20, 1844, he was yet young for his final bell to 
strike, to bid farcAvell to shipmate and comrade. 

II. As a mark of respect to his memory, all National, Department 
and I'ost officers Avill, for thirty days after the receipt of this order, 
wlien on duty, wear the usual badge of mourning upon tlie left arm, 



286 UNOFFICIAL PUOCEEDIXGS TWENTY-FOURTH 

black crape five inches wide, and a knot of the same material upon the 
sword hilt ; all colors of the Order Avill be draped in mourning for a like 
period by attaching, with black ril)bon, two streamers of black crape, 
six inches wide and four feet long, to the ferrule upon the lance below 
the spear-head. Departments of Posts having stall" colors will display 
them at half mast on the day succeeding the receipt of this order. 

By command of 

W. G. Veazey, 

Comma iider-in- Chief. 

J. II. GOULDESTG, 

Adjutant-General. 

Mayok's Office, 

Boston, Nov. 22, 1890. 
Gentlemen: Richard F. Tobin. Fire Commissioner, died at his 
home in South Boston, this morning. You are requested to meet in your 
respective chambers in City Hall, on Monday, Nov. 2-1, at uoon, to 
take such action as may be appropriate. Commissioner Tobin has been 
in office since May, 1887, giving all the services that loyalty, integrity 
and special training and the deepest interest in his calling could possibly 
render. Commissioner Tobin held the second highest position in the' 
Grand Army of the Republic, and was an honor both to the Grand 
Army and to the city of Boston. 

Respectfully yours, 

Thomas N. Hart, 
Mayor. 

The Department of Massachusetts, "Woman's Relief Corps, 
also passed appropriate resolutions deploring the death of Com- 
rade Tobin, and requesting that the charters of the Corps be 
draped in mourning for thirty days as a tribute of love and respect 
to the memory of the gallant sailor hero. 

TRIBUTES OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. 

Both branches of the Boston city council met in special ses- 
sion on Monday, Nov. 24, and passed resolutions on Commis- 
sioner Tobin's death, and appointed a special committee to attend 
the funeral services. The board of Fire Commissioners also met 
to take action on the death of their co-laborer, and issued a gen- 
eral order instructing that all houses of the department be draped 
in mourning for a period of thirty days, and appointed members 
■of the department to attend the funeral. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 287 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. 

The Executive Committee of the Nationnl Encampment, 
Grand Army of the Rcpiililic, for l.s!»0, met in room D, State 
House, lioston, ]\ronday afternoon, Nov. 2.'). Chairman Goodale 
opened the meeting l)y formally announcing the death of Com- 
rade Tobin and delivering a touching eulogy on the noble char- 
acteristics of the deceased. 

Major John H. Cook next addressed the meeting and sub- 
mitted the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted 
by a rising vote : — 

The Executive Coinmittee of the Ncational Encampment of tlie 
Grand Array of the Republic for 1890, at a special meeting called for 
that purpose, express their sorroAv and a profound sense of the loss 
they have sustained by the death of their associate and co-laborer, 
Richard F. Tobin. 

It also desires to put on record its appreciation of tiie hiiih qual- 
ities which characterized him both as an officer and as a man. 

He brought to this committee unstinted energy, tireless industry, 
honest purposes, and a thorough, ceaseless and conscientious devotion; 
and we declare tliat to liim as much as any individual was due the 
success so honorable to the Comraonwealth, the city of Boston and the 
Grand Army of the Republic of this Department. 

We bring to his memory our tribute of respect and affection. His 
generous heart, his open hand, liis eloquent voice, his merry humor, his 
gentleness, his quick sympathy, his fidelity to his sense of duty, his 
absolute integrity, formed a character Avhich will remain with us — ^not a 
memory alone, but an inspiration. 

We tender to his family our sympathy, and, as a mark of our esteem 
and affection, Avill attend his funeral in a body. 

Ordered, That the foregoing be recorded in tiae history of the 
Encampment of ISUO, now in course of compilation by the Secretary. 

Eloquent tributes were also paid to Comrade Tol)in by 
General W. W. Blackmar and Charles Carleton Coffin. 

It was voted to send a floral offering to the funeral, and that 
the connnittee report at the department headquarters on the 
following Wednesday morning, and from that point take carriages 
for the cathedral, where the services were to be held, Chaii-man 
Goodale having been appointed as one of the pall-l)earers. It was 
decided that ex-Governor Long should head the committee and 
that the members should wear the Executive Committee badges, 
draped in mourning. 



288 UKOIFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWEXTY-FOURTH 



THE FUNERAL SERVICES. 

The funeral services were held at the cathedral, Wednesday 
morning, November 26. At nine o'clock the sad procession left 
the late home of Captain Tobin for the church, accompanied by 
the members of the three Posts with which the deceased was at 
one time connected, the Kearsarge Naval Veterans, Chief Webber 
of the fire department and one hundred firemen, employees of 
the Walworth Manufacturing Company, where Captain Tobin was 
engaged for a number of years, Commander Innis, the honorary 
pall-bearers, bodj'-bearers and bands. 

The church was crowded with distinguished mourners. The 
Grand Army was represented by Commander-in-Chief Wheelock 
G. Veazey and several of his stalf. Department Commanders 
Clarkson of New York, Anderson of Maine, Lewis of Delaware, 
Davis of Rhode Island, Urell of Potomac, and staffs, Colonel 
Kriker of the National Council, Grand Army oflScials from 
Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Connecticut and man}" other 
states, Massachusetts Posts, naval organizations, the Executive 
Committee of the National Encampment of 1890 and the 
Woman's Relief Corps. 

There were also present representatives of Governor Brackett, 
the state and city governments, state fair commission, fire, police 
and other city departments, temperance societies and many other 
organizations. 

The floral tributes were the most beautiful ever seen in 
Boston. They were the loving offerings of comrades and friends 
from all over the country, and consisted of huge broken columns, 
symbolical designs of the Grand Army and every variety of set 
pieces. 

The services comprised a solemn requiem mass for the dead, 
the clergymen from the Gate of Heaven church officiating. The 
music Avas a Gregorian chant, rendered by fifty male singers. 
Rev. Robert Johnson, pastor of the Gate of Heaven church, 
delivered the sermon. 



NATioNAi, i:n( a:\ii'mi:m <h Till-: <;. a. n. 



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Till' si'i'vici's ;it llu' (Tiiu'U'iy weir l)iict\ coiisistiiiu' ol' tlu' 
i\':i(liii;:i' of IIk" (iitliolic Iniiiiil si'ivicc liy Kcv. FiitluT .Mcrritt and 
tlu'(;r:iii(l Army of tin- Ki'piililic st'rvicrs liy C'oiiiinaiHk'r IJrowii 
of Dahliiivn I'ost. 

Tlie body was tlicii lowiTcd into the >i"ravi', and tlu' caitli 
covcri'd from human siiiiit the caskcl coiilaininii' all that ifmaincd 
ul' Ijcloved Kicliurd Tobiu. 

" Once more a coiniuon sorrow saitli, 
' A strong, true man has died.' 

Lo, k't tlie inoiUMiiMii' l)ells 1)C nnig. 

Thc'hanner droops its folds half Avay ; 
And let tlie piihlii- pen and tongue 

Their lilting trll)Ute i)ay." 




2U0 UNOFIICIAL I'KOCEEDINGS TWENTV-FOUinil 



RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS. 



TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. 

\\'jiKUKAS, The Uniti'il States (ioveniment, by its active 
syiiiitathy and co-operation Avitli the loyal soldiers and sailors of 
the Ixt'publie, contributed very largely to the great success Avhich 
attended the reunion of the veterans at Boston in August last, on 
the occasion of thi; Twenty-fourth National Encampment of the 
(4rand Army of the Tvepublic ; and 

WiiEKKAS, The Government ordereil the naval squadron to 
IJoston at the time of the Encampment, to instruct and entertain by 
its presence and evolutions the veterans and their friends who had 
assembled here in such vast numbers ; and 

Whereas, The President of the United States, our beloved 
conu'ade, Benjamin Harrison, attended the Encampment, and not 
only brought to the occasion the dignity necessarily accompanying 
the presence and recognition of the Chief Magistrate of our coun- 
try, but as a comrade interested himself in this reunion of the 
veterans of the late war : Now, therefore, it is 

Resolved, By the executive committee having iji charge the 
reception and entertainment of the visiting veterans, that the 
thanks of this committee and the five hundred thousand veteran 
soldiers, sailors and their friends are due and are hereby tendered 
to the President of the United States, and through him to all the 
people who by interest, sympathy and active co-operation aided 
in making the Twenty-fourth National Encampment of the Grand 
Army of the Republic so pronounced a success. 

George L. Goodale, 

WlLMON W. BlACKMAR, 

Charles Carletok Coffin, 
George S. Merrill, 
James F. Meech, j 

Boston, December 30th, 1890. 



Committee 

oil 
Resolutions. 



NATIONAL ENCAMl'MENT OV THE G. A. K. 201 



TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 

"WiiEKKAs, 'J1ie Legislatui't^ of the ("oTiinionwealtli of Massa- 
chusetts, when it was auiiomu'ed that the veteran soldiers and 
sailors of the Ihiited States of America had chosen its capital 
city as their place of rendezvous, on the occasion of the Twenty- 
fourth National Encampment of the Grand Army of tlie liepu])lic, 
appi'opriatcd and paid over to the executive conuiiittee, having in 
charge the arrangements for thi' same, tlie generous sum of fifty 
thousand dollars, to l»e expended for thepropci- cntertainmi'ut of 
its guests ; and 

WiiEUKAs, His Kxcellency John (^>. A. nrackett, fiovernor, 
together with the citizens generally of the C'onunouwealth, were 
untiring in their endeavors to make every visiting comrade and 
iiis friends most welcome : Now, therefore, it is 

Resolved, That the thanks of the conunittee and the fort}' 
thousand veteran soldiers and sailors of the Rej^ultlic who were 
entertained through the generous provision of the Legislature, are 
liereby heartily rendered to liis Kxcellency the (lovernor, tlie Leg- 
islature and to the citizens of tlie Connnonwealtii. 

Geoiuje L. Gooi>ai.i;, ] 

Wir.MoN W. P>r,A(KMAK, I (Joi'iiiilttee 

C'llAHMCS C'aULEToN C'olFIN, | Oil 

(4EoR(iE S. JMEKitii.r., I Uvsolutlons. 

James F. IMkkcii, j 

Boston, December ;>Otli, IS'JU. 



292 tS'OKlK^ I At. IMtorKKDINCS 'nVKNTV-ForUTlI 



TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. 

WnEHKAs, The city of Uostou. on Icni'iiiiiii' the fact that tlu' 
National Encanipmcnt of the (irand Ai'niy of tlie Kepulilic had 
voted to hold its Twenty-fonrth National Kncampmont in Boston 
( licin^- the ((naitcr-ccntnry ci'lcliration of the ending of the war), 
believing tiiat its citizens wonld wish to do special honor to the 
veterans of the Avar of the rebellion, who, on tiiis occasion, prob- 
alily the last on which they will ever assemble in such vast 
numbers, had honored our Iteloved city by selecting it as the 
muster-field for its hosts, did most generously appropriate the sum 
of twenty-tive thousand dollai's, which it placed at tlie disposal of 
the executive connnittee to lie added to the gifts of many private 
citizens, corporations, and of the Commonwealth, to the end that 
the visiting veterans and their friends should be properly enter- 
tained while within its limits ; and 

Whereas, His Honor, Mayor Thomas N. Hart, and the city 
government of I)Oston and its ofHcials, together witii i)rivate 
citizens, entered into the spirit of the occasion from its inception 
to its close : 

iVr>»', thcrffore, The executive connnittee, in behalf of the 
(irand Ai-my of the Republic, tender to the city of Boston their 
thanks and heartfelt gratitude for her generosity and boundless 
welcome. AV^e are assured from all parts of our country that our 
guests took home witli them the most affectionate memories of 
Boston and of the hospitality of her citizens for the veteran 
soldiers and sailors who upheld our country's flag on land and sea 
during the wai' of the I'eltellion. 



Co lit mi (tee 



(III 



Geokge L. Goooale, 

Wjl!\i(^n W. Beackmau, 

CiEutEEs Caiu.eton C'ofkin, 

Geohoe S. Mkuimi.i., I h>i's(iliilHiiis. 

James F. Meecii, j 

Boston, Decendicr ;Wl. ISDO. 



NATION A I. EXOAMPMEXT OF THE G. A. U. 



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The cxeentive eoininittee wish to extend tlieir hearty thanks 
and api)i-eciation for the vahial)Ie aid fnrnislied by the hidies and 
li'cntlenien not on tiie nieiiiliershiii rolls of the various coniiiiittees. 
The eonipiler has en(U'avored to assist in this very i)leasant task 
throughont the paii'es of this l)ook, and he hoi)es that no over- 
sights have lieen made. To the New England Telephone and Tel- 
egraph Company for the free use of telephone ; ^^'. ('. Ireland, for 
eommodions safe; and Lawrence Wilde & Co. and W'm. White, for 
furniture loaned at the executive conniiittee head(piar(ei-s, the 
thanks of the eonnnittee are specially due. 

The eonnnittee on acconnnodations wish to render their thanks 
to Commandant Thomas (). Selfindge, Capt. 1). (). Matthews of 
the •• ^Val)ash," Connuander Benjamin F. Da}', Connnander F. A. 
Cook. Surgeon J. IJ. IJarker, Paymaster C. AV. Abhot, Pay 
Directoi- Kufus Park, Chief Fngineer Alexander Ilench'rson. Civil 
Engineer T. C. ^NlcCollom, Col. C. 1). He)))) and Capt. Louis E. 
Fagin, all at the Charlestown Navy Yard, for generous assistance 
rendered. 




294 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



'' roKTKAiT I'Asr Commander-in-Chikk C'hakles Devens, Frontispiece 

Page 

/ PoiMRAiT ("ommander-in-Chief Russell A. Alger ... 8 

/ Portrait foMMANDER-iN-CHiEF-ELECT AVueelock G. Veazey . 17G 

v' Portrait Annie AVittenmyer, National President Woman's 

Relief Corps . . . . ; 188 

^ Portrait Mrs. Mary S. McHenry, National President-elect, 

Woman's Relief Corps 194 



/ 



Portrait Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief Richard F. Tobin, 282 



NATIONAL KNCAMl'MENT OF THE G. A. K. 



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CONTENTS. 



IJKDICAIOKV to THK Mk!M(»KY of CnARLKS Df.vkns 
ThK GkANO AkMY ok TIIF, REri'BLIC 
TWENTY-FOUHTH AnNI'AI, ENCAMPMENT 

The First Steps Taken . 

The ExECiTTiVE Committee 

The Sub-Committees .... 

The Committee on Finance 

Subscribers to the Guarantee Fund 

Gift Fund 
The Committee on Accommodations 

Transportation 
Department of Information . 
The Committee on Parade 

Reunions . 

Entertainment 

Decorations 
The Reception Committee 
The Committee on Printixg . 

Press 

Badges 

Grand Stands 

Inviiations 

The Massachusetts Aids to Commander-in-Chief 
Ready to Receive the Veiekans . . . . 



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THK AkKI\AI- of TllK I'kksidknt 

TiiH (ii:ANi> 1'ai;ai)i; ..... 

MASSACHUSETT.S GREETS THE ViSITOKS (ReCEI'TIOX) 

The Work ok the Delegates 
TiiK Woman's IIeliee Coki's Convention 
TiiK (iiiANi) Cami'-Fii:i,, (i. A. R. 
The Hani^uet to Encamtment Dei-egates 
The "Plymouth Clam-Bake" . 
A Novel Cami'-Fike, W. K. C. 
Interesting Evexis of the Week 
Okitcial Closing; Day .... 
Genkkai, Oudeus Pertaining to Encampment 
Death of JIichard F. Tobin . 
Resolutions of Thanks .... 
To the United States Govermnent 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 

City of Boston 
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